The Mediterranean Diet: its definition and evaluation of a priori dietary indexes in primary cardiovascular prevention

A D'Alessandro, G De Pergola - International journal of food …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
We have analysed the definition of Mediterranean Diet in 28 studies included in six meta-
analyses evaluating the relation between the Mediterranean Diet and primary prevention of …

Dietary patterns: a novel approach to examine the link between nutrition and cognitive function in older individuals

B Allès, C Samieri, C Feart, MA Jutand… - Nutrition research …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Cognitive decline may lead to dementia whose most frequent cause is Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Among the many potential risk factors of cognitive decline and AD, diet raises …

[PDF][PDF] Adherencia a la dieta mediterránea en la población universitaria

T Durá Travé, A Castroviejo Gandarias - Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2011 - SciELO Espana
Resumen DURA TRAVE, T. y CASTROVIEJO GANDARIAS, A.. Adherencia a la dieta
mediterránea en la población universitaria. Nutr. Hosp.[online]. 2011, vol. 26, n. 3, pp. 602 …

[HTML][HTML] Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with lower abdominal adiposity in European men and women

D Romaguera, T Norat, T Mouw, AM May, C Bamia… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Given the lack of consistent evidence of the relationship between Mediterranean dietary
patterns and body fat, we assessed the cross-sectional association between adherence to a …

Association between Mediterranean diet and hand grip strength in older adult women

L Barrea, G Muscogiuri, C Di Somma, G Tramontano… - Clinical Nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
Summary Background & aims Mediterranean Diet (MD) is an eating pattern associated with
multiple healthy benefits, including the conservation of skeletal muscle. Frailty is a major …

[HTML][HTML] Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and long-term changes in weight and waist circumference in the EPIC-Italy cohort

C Agnoli, S Sieri, F Ricceri, MT Giraudo, G Masala… - Nutrition & …, 2018 - nature.com
Excessive calorie intake and physical inactivity are considered key determinants of the rapid
worldwide increase in obesity prevalence, however the relationship between diet and …

Mediterranean diet scoring systems: understanding the evolution and applications for Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean countries

HL Hutchins-Wiese, CW Bales… - British Journal of Nutrition, 2022 - cambridge.org
The Mediterranean diet (MedD) is a flexible dietary pattern which has such variability that
has led to inconsistencies in definitions and assessment. The purpose of this narrative …

Why and how are we living longer?

TBL Kirkwood - Experimental physiology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the topic of this review? The reasons for the continuing increase in
human life expectancy are examined in the light of progress in understanding the …

Effects of the Mediterranean diet on longevity and age-related morbid conditions

FR Pérez-López, P Chedraui, J Haya, JL Cuadros - Maturitas, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To delineate the influences of the Mediterranean diet (MD) on human
mortality and age-related morbid conditions, principally the metabolic syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Use of dietary indices to control for diet in human gut microbiota studies

RCE Bowyer, MA Jackson, T Pallister, J Skinner… - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Environmental factors have a large influence on the composition of the human
gut microbiota. One of the most influential and well-studied is host diet. To assess and …