Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected several aspects of people’s lifestyle worldwide. Healthy dietary patterns and their bioactive components may improve or even co-treat the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in several aspects of people’s lifestyle and mental health in...
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| author | Eleni Pavlidou Sousana K. Papadopoulou Maria Mentzelou Antonios Dakanalis Theofanis Vorvolakos Georgios Antasouras Maria Spanoudaki Aimilia-Lynn Pandi Aspasia Serdari Maria Chrysafi Sofia Dimoliani Constantinos Giaginis |
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| description | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected several aspects of people’s lifestyle worldwide. Healthy dietary patterns and their bioactive components may improve or even co-treat the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in several aspects of people’s lifestyle and mental health in daily life. The aim of this survey is to evaluate the potential effect of Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence against COVID-19-induced complications. Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey performed on 3721 adults aged between 18 and 65 years old, which aims to evaluate the potential association of MD adherence with multiple sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle factors during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Results: This study has supported evidence that elevated MD compliance was independently related to female gender, better economic status, no smoking, increased risk of abdominal obesity, higher physical activity levels, greater prevalence of adequate sleep quality, better quality of life, and reduced probability of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting for multiple confounders. Conclusions: MD compliance may improve or even co-treat the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in several aspect of people’s lifestyle in daily life. Further research is strongly recommended exploring the possible beneficial effects of the MD against COVID-19 lifestyle complications in daily life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84c55967029a4f12a376875929124f842023-11-19T14:50:30ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432023-09-011519412310.3390/nu15194123Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in GreeceEleni Pavlidou0Sousana K. Papadopoulou1Maria Mentzelou2Antonios Dakanalis3Theofanis Vorvolakos4Georgios Antasouras5Maria Spanoudaki6Aimilia-Lynn Pandi7Aspasia Serdari8Maria Chrysafi9Sofia Dimoliani10Constantinos Giaginis11Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, GreeceDepartment of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, 57400 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, GreeceDepartment of Mental Health, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, 20900 Monza, ItalyDepartment of Geriatric Psychiatry, School of Health Sciences, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, GreeceDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, GreeceDepartment of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences, International Hellenic University, 57400 Thessaloniki, GreeceDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, GreeceDepartment of Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, GreeceDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, GreeceDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, GreeceDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Lemnos, GreeceBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected several aspects of people’s lifestyle worldwide. Healthy dietary patterns and their bioactive components may improve or even co-treat the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in several aspects of people’s lifestyle and mental health in daily life. The aim of this survey is to evaluate the potential effect of Mediterranean diet (MD) adherence against COVID-19-induced complications. Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey performed on 3721 adults aged between 18 and 65 years old, which aims to evaluate the potential association of MD adherence with multiple sociodemographic, anthropometric, and lifestyle factors during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Results: This study has supported evidence that elevated MD compliance was independently related to female gender, better economic status, no smoking, increased risk of abdominal obesity, higher physical activity levels, greater prevalence of adequate sleep quality, better quality of life, and reduced probability of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting for multiple confounders. Conclusions: MD compliance may improve or even co-treat the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in several aspect of people’s lifestyle in daily life. Further research is strongly recommended exploring the possible beneficial effects of the MD against COVID-19 lifestyle complications in daily life.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/19/4123COVID-19 pandemicquality of lifesleep qualityanxietydepressionsociodemographic parameters |
| spellingShingle | Eleni Pavlidou Sousana K. Papadopoulou Maria Mentzelou Antonios Dakanalis Theofanis Vorvolakos Georgios Antasouras Maria Spanoudaki Aimilia-Lynn Pandi Aspasia Serdari Maria Chrysafi Sofia Dimoliani Constantinos Giaginis Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece Nutrients COVID-19 pandemic quality of life sleep quality anxiety depression sociodemographic parameters |
| title | Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_full | Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_fullStr | Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_short | Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence with Sociodemographic, Anthropometric, and Lifestyle Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece |
| title_sort | association of mediterranean diet adherence with sociodemographic anthropometric and lifestyle factors during the covid 19 pandemic a cross sectional study in greece |
| topic | COVID-19 pandemic quality of life sleep quality anxiety depression sociodemographic parameters |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/19/4123 |
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