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卷 13, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13051432
关键词
Mediterranean diet; MeDiWeB questionnaire; sex; age; body mass index; disease status; diet adherence; dietary habits; food choices; 14-MEDAS
资金
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia/Ministerio da Educacao e Ciencia [UIDP/04748/2020]
- Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science [577/17.08.2018]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [UIDP/04748/2020] Funding Source: FCT
The study found that adherence to the Mediterranean diet is generally low in Southern European countries, with many people consuming excessive amounts of red meat, butter, sweet drinks, and desserts, while not meeting the recommended intake for plant-based foods, olive oil, fish, and wine. Women and older age are associated with higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been sponsored worldwide as a healthy and sustainable diet. Our aim was to update and compare MD adherence and food choices across several Southern European countries: Spain (SP), Portugal (PT), Italy (IT), Greece (GR), and Cyprus (CY) (MED, Mediterranean), and Bulgaria (BG) and the Republic of North Macedonia (NMK) (non-MED, non-Mediterranean). Participants (N = 3145, >= 18 y) completed a survey (MeDiWeB) with sociodemographic, anthropometric, and food questions (14-item Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener, 14-MEDAS). The MED and non-MED populations showed moderate (7.08 +/- 1.96) and weak (5.58 +/- 1.82) MD adherence, respectively, with significant yet small differences across countries (SP > PT > GR > IT > CY > BG > NMK, p-value < 0.001). The MED participants scored higher than the non-MED ones for most of the Mediterranean-typical foods, with the greatest differences found for olive oil (OO) and white meat preference. In most countries, >= 70% of the participants reported quantities of red meat, butter, sweet drinks, and desserts below the recommended cutoff points, whereas <50% achieved the targets for plant-based foods, OO, fish, and wine. Being a woman and increasing age were associated with superior adherence (p-value < 0.001), but differences were rather small. Our results suggest that the campaigns carried out to support and reinforce the MD and to promote plant-based foods have limited success across Southern Europe, and that more hard-hitting strategies are needed.
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