Prevalence of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases and their impact on health-related quality of life, physical function and mental health in Portugal: results from …

JC Branco, AM Rodrigues, N Gouveia, M Eusébio… - RMD open, 2016 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives To estimate the national prevalence of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases
(RMDs) in the adult Portuguese population and to determine their impact on health-related …

Trends in colorectal cancer mortality in Europe: retrospective analysis of the WHO mortality database

DA Ouakrim, C Pizot, M Boniol, M Malvezzi, M Boniol… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To examine changes in colorectal cancer mortality in 34 European countries
between 1970 and 2011. Design Retrospective trend analysis. Data source World Health …

Worldwide adherence to Mediterranean Diet between 1960 and 2011

C Vilarnau, DM Stracker, A Funtikov… - European journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Background From the 1960s to the early 21st-century adherence to the Mediterranean diet
(MD) declined around the world. This was partly due to the westernization of eating habits …

Negative association between Mediterranean diet adherence and COVID-19 cases and related deaths in Spain and 23 OECD countries: an ecological study

MW Greene, AP Roberts, AD Frugé - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov2)
emerged in Wuhan, China, sparking the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic …

Food consumption patterns and economic growth. Increasing affluence and the use of natural resources

PW Gerbens-Leenes, S Nonhebel, MS Krol - Appetite, 2010 - Elsevier
This study analyzes relationships between food supply, consumption and income, taking
supply, meat and dairy, and consumption composition (in macronutrients) as indicators, with …

Worldwide variation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet, in 1961–1965 and 2000–2003

R Da Silva, A Bach-Faig, BR Quintana… - Public health …, 2009 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe present study aimed to analyse the worldwide trends of adherence to the
Mediterranean diet (MD), in 1961–1965 and 2000–2003. DesignData were obtained from …

Comparative appraisal of educational inequalities in overweight and obesity among adults in 19 European countries

AJR Roskam, AE Kunst, H Van Oyen… - International journal …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background In Western societies, a lower educational level is often associated with
a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity. However, there may be important …

Evaluation of the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED) in children and adolescents in Southern Spain

M Mariscal-Arcas, A Rivas, J Velasco, M Ortega… - Public health …, 2009 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe Mediterranean diet is considered one of the healthiest dietary models. Recent
changes in the actual Mediterranean diet include a reduction in energy intake and a higher …

Dietary cost associated with adherence to the Mediterranean diet, and its variation by socio-economic factors in the UK Fenland Study

TYN Tong, F Imamura, P Monsivais, S Brage… - British Journal of …, 2018 - cambridge.org
High cost of healthy foods could be a barrier to healthy eating. We aimed to examine the
association between dietary cost and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in a non …

Mediterranean diet adherence and body composition among Southern Italian adolescents

A Mistretta, S Marventano, M Antoci, A Cagnetti… - Obesity research & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction Adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet has been associated with
health benefits in young populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association …