Nutrition knowledge is associated with higher adherence to Mediterranean diet and lower prevalence of obesity. Results from the Moli-sani study
| Autor: | Bonaccio, M, Di Castelnuovo, A, Costanzo, S, De Lucia, F, Olivieri, M, Donati, Mb, de Gaetano, G, Iacoviello, L, Bonanni, A, Giampaoli, S, Vermylen, J, Carrasco Ide, P, Garaci, E, Assanelli, D, Alessandrini, F, Centritto, V, Storti, S, Muti, P, Schünemann, H, Spagnuolo, P, Staniscia, D, Zito, F, Cerletti, C, De Curtis, A, Lorenzet, R, Mascioli, A, Rotilio, D, Arcari, A, Centritto, F, di Giuseppe, R, Gianfagna, F, Giacci, M, Padulo, A, Petraroia, D, Magnacca, S, Marracino, F, Spinelli, M, Silvestri, C, Vallese, C, Cugino, D, de Gaetano, M, Graziano, M, Santimone, Iolanda, Latella, Mc, Quacquaruccio, G, Vohnout, B, Havranova, A, Cutrone, A, Persichillo, M, Verna, A, Di Lillo, M, Di Stefano, I, Pannichella, A, Vizzarri, Ar, Pampuch, A, Barbato, D, Bracone, F, Di Giorgio, C, Panebianco, S, Chiovitti, A, Caccamo, S, Caruso, V, Rago, L, Ferri, A, Castaldi, C, Mignogna, M, Guszcz, T, Barisciano, P, Buonaccorsi, L, Fanelli, F, Santimone, I, Sciarretta, A, Sorella, I, Plescia, E, Molinaro, A, Cavone, C, Galuppo, G, D'Angelo, D, Ramacciato, R. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Gerontology
Adult Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Psychology (all) Mediterranean diet Cross-sectional study Population Health Behavior Mediterranean Diet Mediterranean Cohort Studies Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Nutrition knowledge Odds Ratio Prevalence Medicine Humans Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Obesity education Socioeconomic status General Psychology education.field_of_study Principal Component Analysis Practice Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Health Knowledge Odds ratio Feeding Behavior medicine.disease Diet Cross-Sectional Studies Female Italy Attitudes Cohort business Cohort study |
| Popis: | A Mediterranean dietary pattern has been associated with reducing the risk of cardiovascular and chronic disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of nutrition knowledge in determining possible differences among dietary patterns in a general population from a Mediterranean region. We conducted a cross-sectional study on a subsample of 744 subjects enrolled in the population-based cohort of the Moli-sani Project. A 92-item questionnaire on nutrition knowledge was elaborated, validated and administered. Dietary information were obtained from the EPIC food frequency questionnaire and adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern was evaluated both by the a priori Greek Mediterranean diet score and the a posteriori approach obtained by principal component analysis. Nutrition knowledge was significantly associated with higher adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern. The odds of having higher adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern increased with greater nutrition knowledge. The odds ratio of being obese significantly decreased with increasing nutrition knowledge levels. The results showed that nutrition knowledge was significantly associated with higher adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern and with lower prevalence of obesity in a Southern Italian region with Mediterranean diet tradition independently from education and other socioeconomic factors. |
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