University students' Mediterranean diet adherence in North East of Italy: a pilot study, 2018

Grillone, L; Castriotta, Luigi; Antinolfi, F; Righini, M; Brusaferro, Silvio; Parpinel, Maria

doi:10.1093/eurpub/cky218.063

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“…Low adherence to the Mediterranean diet has been associated with higher BMI, body fat and visceral fat percentages [45]. In contrast, other studies have not found a relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and different anthropometric markers [46][47][48]. In our sample, the relationship of adherence to the Mediterranean diet with the risk of overweight/obesity could not be observed either.…”

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Adherence to Mediterranean Diet, Alcohol Consumption and Emotional Eating in Spanish University Students

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(1) Introduction: The university period may increase the risk of different unhealthy habits, such as low adherence to the Mediterranean diet, high alcohol consumption and eating in response to specific emotions. The aim of this study was to detect early-risk alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence (ADS), the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and emotional eating in university students of the Madrid community. (2) Methods: For each individual, anthropometric parameters, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), AUDIT-Consumption (AUDIT-C), the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) and the Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ) were assessed. (3) Results: A total of 584 university students aged 20.5 (sex ratio = 0.39) were enrolled in a cross-sectional study. In total, 63.6% of students showed low adherence to the Mediterranean diet, with no differences by sex (64.3% female versus 61.5% male, p = 0.19). According to the AUDIT questionnaire, 26.2% of participants were categorized as high-risk drinkers and 7.7% as ADS. About 38.6% of the students were categorized as eating very emotionally or eating emotionally, and 37.2% were categorized as low emotional eaters. A weak positive correlation was observed between the EEQ and BMI in female students (rho= 0.15, p = 0.03). (4) Conclusions: University students in our sample showed a low adherence to the Mediterranean diet, an important high-risk alcohol consumption and low emotional eating.

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“…The multiple intelligences (MI) theory shows how all people have a specific skill and a type of intelligence to a greater or lesser extent [ 7 ]. However, there are eight different intelligences with a specific location in the brain [ 8 ]. Focusing on the eight examples of knowledge, they are defined as: Naturalistic: The skill to recognize the order in nature and to organize and categorize the natural world.…”

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Impact of Physical Activity Practice and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Relation to Multiple Intelligences among University Students

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Physical activity is important at any time of life. Particularly in the university, people tend to have more sedentary life, due to their studies. Eating habits are another health factor to consider. In addition, the Multiple Intelligences theory is a proposal that seeks the integral development and well-being of people. A descriptive, cross-sectional, and non-experimental research with the purpose of this study is to establish the relationships between practice of physical activity and the intelligences and determine the relationship between diet and the different types of intelligence in 215 university students. Findings indicate higher adherence to Mediterranean Diet in women and higher physical activity scores in men. Regarding multiple intelligences, men have higher indices in Bodily-kinesthetic, Interpersonal, Logical-mathematical, Musical, and Spatial intelligences, while women show higher levels in relation to Linguistic, Intrapersonal, and Naturalistic intelligences. Main conclusions from this study suggest the relationship between multiple intelligence and healthy habits, while also highlighting the need to improve eating habits and achieve greater adherence to Mediterranean Diet.

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“…However, it is unclear if this improvement has continued. More recent work has reported low MD adherence in Spain, with Southeastern Spain having the lowest adherence [ 64 ], while another study reported good adherence to the MD among university students in Italy [ 69 ]. Nonetheless, the bulk of the evidence appears to demonstrate low levels of adherence to the MD, especially among younger populations, in European and Mediterranean nations, including Spain [ 64 ], Greece [ 70 ], Portugal [ 71 ], and Italy [ 59 ], as well as Croatia [ 72 ], Albania [ 73 ], Lithuania [ 74 ], and the Western Balkans broadly [ 75 ].…”

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A Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Greater Participation in Physical Activity and Better Health-Related Quality of Life among Students and Professors at the Melilla Campus (University of Granada)

López-Olivares,

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Riley

et al. 2023

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The objective of this study was to assess Mediterranean diet (MD) scores (i.e., alignment with a MD pattern) among students and professors, in addition to assessing how adherence to the MD was associated with other lifestyle behaviors. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted with a sample of 127 university professors and 272 students of the Melilla Campus at the University of Granada (Spain). Students were more physically active than professors (mean difference = 1058 METs, p < 0.001) and reported lower negative affect (NA; mean difference = −1.70, p < 0.001) whereas professors reported nominally better perceived mental health. For the total sample, the physical health component (β = 0.03, p = 0.03) and physical activity (β = 0.0001, p = 0.01) were significantly associated with higher MD scores. Health behaviors, including MD scores and physical activity, were suboptimal among both students and professors. The results suggest that a dietary pattern reflective of the MD is positively associated with both physical and mental health outcomes among students and professors, though the direction of the associations remains to be clarified.

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University students' Mediterranean diet adherence in North East of Italy: a pilot study, 2018

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Adherence to Mediterranean Diet, Alcohol Consumption and Emotional Eating in Spanish University Students

Adherence to Mediterranean Diet, Alcohol Consumption and Emotional Eating in Spanish University Students

Impact of Physical Activity Practice and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Relation to Multiple Intelligences among University Students

A Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Greater Participation in Physical Activity and Better Health-Related Quality of Life among Students and Professors at the Melilla Campus (University of Granada)

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