Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender
BackgroundAdolescence is a key life stage in human development. It is during this stage of development that healthy and physical behaviors are acquired that will last into adulthood. Gender differences in the acquisition of these behaviors have been observed. This research aims to (a) study the leve...
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| author | Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez Félix Zurita-Ortega José Luis Ubago-Jiménez Georgian Badicu Fatma Hilal Yagin Gabriel González-Valero Luca Paolo Ardigò Pilar Puertas-Molero |
| author_facet | Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez Félix Zurita-Ortega José Luis Ubago-Jiménez Georgian Badicu Fatma Hilal Yagin Gabriel González-Valero Luca Paolo Ardigò Pilar Puertas-Molero |
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| description | BackgroundAdolescence is a key life stage in human development. It is during this stage of development that healthy and physical behaviors are acquired that will last into adulthood. Gender differences in the acquisition of these behaviors have been observed. This research aims to (a) study the levels of Mediterranean diet adherence, quality of life and alcohol and tobacco consumption as regarding the gender of the participants and (b) study the effects of the variable adherence to the Mediterranean diet, alcohol consumption and tobacco consumption on quality of life as a function of the gender of the participants.MethodsA non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory study was carried out in a sample of 1,057 Spanish adolescents (Average Age = 14.19; Standard Deviation = 2.87).ResultsThe comparative analysis shows that the male teenagers shows a higher Mediterranean diet adherence compared to the male adolescents (p ≤ 0.05) and a higher consumption of alcoholic beverages (p ≤ 0.05). On the contrary, adolescent girls show a higher consumption of alcoholic beverages than male participants (p ≤ 0.05). The exploratory analysis indicates that for boys, alcohol consumption has a beneficial effect on the quality of life of adolescents (β = 0.904; p ≤ 0.001).ConclusionIn this case, participants show differences in the levels of Mediterranean diet adherence, consumption of harmful substances and quality of life according to gender. Likewise, there are different effects between the variables according to gender. Therefore, gender is a key factor to consider during adolescence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc41d1fd92d14146a77fb797e61539462023-10-31T11:28:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2023-10-011010.3389/fnut.2023.12831951283195Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding genderEduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez0Félix Zurita-Ortega1José Luis Ubago-Jiménez2Georgian Badicu3Fatma Hilal Yagin4Gabriel González-Valero5Luca Paolo Ardigò6Pilar Puertas-Molero7Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, Granada, SpainDepartment of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, Granada, SpainDepartment of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, Granada, SpainDepartment of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Faculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University of Brasov, Brasov, RomaniaDepartment of Biostatistics, and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, TürkiyeDepartment of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, Granada, SpainDepartment of Teacher Education, NLA University College, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, University of Granada, Granada, SpainBackgroundAdolescence is a key life stage in human development. It is during this stage of development that healthy and physical behaviors are acquired that will last into adulthood. Gender differences in the acquisition of these behaviors have been observed. This research aims to (a) study the levels of Mediterranean diet adherence, quality of life and alcohol and tobacco consumption as regarding the gender of the participants and (b) study the effects of the variable adherence to the Mediterranean diet, alcohol consumption and tobacco consumption on quality of life as a function of the gender of the participants.MethodsA non-experimental, cross-sectional, exploratory study was carried out in a sample of 1,057 Spanish adolescents (Average Age = 14.19; Standard Deviation = 2.87).ResultsThe comparative analysis shows that the male teenagers shows a higher Mediterranean diet adherence compared to the male adolescents (p ≤ 0.05) and a higher consumption of alcoholic beverages (p ≤ 0.05). On the contrary, adolescent girls show a higher consumption of alcoholic beverages than male participants (p ≤ 0.05). The exploratory analysis indicates that for boys, alcohol consumption has a beneficial effect on the quality of life of adolescents (β = 0.904; p ≤ 0.001).ConclusionIn this case, participants show differences in the levels of Mediterranean diet adherence, consumption of harmful substances and quality of life according to gender. Likewise, there are different effects between the variables according to gender. Therefore, gender is a key factor to consider during adolescence.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1283195/fullMediterranean diet adherencequality of lifealcoholtobaccogender |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez Félix Zurita-Ortega José Luis Ubago-Jiménez Georgian Badicu Fatma Hilal Yagin Gabriel González-Valero Luca Paolo Ardigò Pilar Puertas-Molero Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender Frontiers in Nutrition Mediterranean diet adherence quality of life alcohol tobacco gender |
| title | Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender |
| title_full | Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender |
| title_fullStr | Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender |
| title_short | Are there differences between Mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life?—an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender |
| title_sort | are there differences between mediterranean diet and the consumption of harmful substances on quality of life an explanatory model in secondary education regarding gender |
| topic | Mediterranean diet adherence quality of life alcohol tobacco gender |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1283195/full |
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