Effect of the Mediterranean diet in combination with exercise on metabolic syndrome parameters: 1-year randomized controlled trial

Autor: Dario Rahelić, Irena Martinis, Velimir Božikov, Željko Romić, Maja Ortner Hadžiabdić, Iva Mucalo, Eva Pavić
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Popis: Abstract. This work aimed to evaluate and compare the benefits of the energy restricted Mediterranean diet (MD) and Standard hypolipemic diet (SHD) accompanied by exercise on metabolic syndrome parameters. A 12-month, randomized, single-blinded, diet-controlled study was conducted on 124 obese participants in the University Hospital Dubrava. Participants were assigned to the MD (n = 63) or the SHD (n = 61) and received the same amount of nutritional education and guidance on physical activity. The completion rate was 67.7 %. Both diets produced significant beneficial changes in body weight and waist circumference (P
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