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Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Subjective Well-Being in a Sample of Portuguese Adults
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Mar, ía-Teresa García-Conesa Andrade, Vanda Jorge, Rui Philippou, Elena Massaro, Marika Chervenkov, Mihail Ivanova, Teodora Maksimova, Viktorija Smilkov, Katarina Ackova, Darinka Gjorgieva Miloseva, Lence Ruskovska, Tatjana Deligiannidou, Georgia Eirini Kontogiorgis, Christos A. Pinto, Paula |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Description | The Mediterranean diet (MD) and other lifestyle characteristics have been associated with well-being, a broad multiparameter concept that includes individual’s subjective assessment of their own well-being (SWB). Some studies have suggested that diet influences SWB, thus, this work aimed to add novel information on the association of MD and SWB in a sample of Portuguese adults. Data on sociodemographic, economic, lifestyle, diet, and SWB were collected through a self-filled online questionnaire. MD adherence was assessed by the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) score ]. Results showed a moderate adherence to the MD in 490 Portuguese adults (mean MEDAS of 7.4 ± 2.1). A higher MD adherence was found to be significantly positively associated with women, employed individuals, a higher number of meals per day, and those with frequent contact with nature (p-value < 0.0025, using Bonferroni adjustment). As a novelty, this study divided the participants into low SWB, medium SWB, and medium to high SWB profiles (3.9 ± 1.0; 6.2 ± 1.0; 8.2 ± 1.3, respectively; p-value < 0.05), which reported significantly increasing MEDAS scores (6.5 ± 2.1; 7.3 ± 2.1; 7.8 ± 1.9; respectively, p-value < 0.05). |
| Starting Page | 3837 |
| e-ISSN | 20726643 |
| DOI | 10.3390/nu12123837 |
| Journal | Nutrients |
| Issue Number | 12 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2020-12-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Nutrients Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Mediterranean Diet Medas Score Subjective Well-being Life Satisfaction Portuguese Adults |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
