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NUTRIENTS
Volume 15, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu15194123
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COVID-19 pandemic; quality of life; sleep quality; anxiety; depression; sociodemographic parameters; anthropometric parameters; lockdown
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This study investigates the potential effect of Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence on COVID-19-induced complications. The results show that MD compliance is associated with female gender, better economic status, non-smoking, higher physical activity levels, better sleep quality, better quality of life, and reduced probability of anxiety and depression.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected several aspects of people's lifestyle worldwide. Healthy dietary patterns and their bioactive components may improve or even co-treat the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in several aspects of people's lifestyle and mental health in daily life. The aim of this survey is to evaluate the potential effect of Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence against COVID-19-induced complications. Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey performed on 3721 adults aged between 18 and 65 years old, which aims to evaluate the potential association of MD adherence with multiple sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle factors during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Results: This study has supported evidence that elevated MD compliance was independently related to female gender, better economic status, no smoking, increased risk of abdominal obesity, higher physical activity levels, greater prevalence of adequate sleep quality, better quality of life, and reduced probability of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting for multiple confounders. Conclusions: MD compliance may improve or even co-treat the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in several aspect of people's lifestyle in daily life. Further research is strongly recommended exploring the possible beneficial effects of the MD against COVID-19 lifestyle complications in daily life.
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