Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project.
BACKGROUND: There is an association between a greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet and a reduced risk of developing chronic diseases. However, it is not clear whether this dietary pattern may be protective also against the development of obesity. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the association between t...
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| author | Romaguera, D Norat, T Vergnaud, A Mouw, T May, A Agudo, A Buckland, G Slimani, N Rinaldi, S Couto, E Clavel-Chapelon, F Boutron-Ruault, M Cottet, V Rohrmann, S Teucher, B Bergmann, M Boeing, H Tjønneland, A Halkjaer, J Jakobsen, M Dahm, C Travier, N Rodriguez, L Sanchez, M Amiano, P |
| author_facet | Romaguera, D Norat, T Vergnaud, A Mouw, T May, A Agudo, A Buckland, G Slimani, N Rinaldi, S Couto, E Clavel-Chapelon, F Boutron-Ruault, M Cottet, V Rohrmann, S Teucher, B Bergmann, M Boeing, H Tjønneland, A Halkjaer, J Jakobsen, M Dahm, C Travier, N Rodriguez, L Sanchez, M Amiano, P |
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| description | BACKGROUND: There is an association between a greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet and a reduced risk of developing chronic diseases. However, it is not clear whether this dietary pattern may be protective also against the development of obesity. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the association between the adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP), prospective weight change, and the incidence of overweight or obesity. DESIGN: We conducted a prospective cohort study [the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Physical Activity, Nutrition, Alcohol Consumption, Cessation of Smoking, Eating Out of Home, and Obesity (EPIC-PANACEA) project] in 373,803 individuals (103,455 men and 270,348 women; age range: 25-70 y) from 10 European countries. Anthropometric measurements were obtained at recruitment and after a median follow-up time of 5 y. The relative Mediterranean Diet Score (rMED; score range: 0-18) was used to assess adherence to the MDP according to the consumption of 9 dietary components that are characteristic of the Mediterranean diet. The association between the rMED and 5-y weight change was modeled through multiadjusted mixed-effects linear regression. RESULTS: Individuals with a high adherence to the MDP according to the rMED (11-18 points) showed a 5-y weight change of -0.16 kg (95% CI: -0.24, -0.07 kg) and were 10% (95% CI: 4%, 18%) less likely to develop overweight or obesity than were individuals with a low adherence to the MDP (0-6 points). The low meat content of the Mediterranean diet seemed to account for most of its positive effect against weight gain. CONCLUSION: This study shows that promoting the MDP as a model of healthy eating may help to prevent weight gain and the development of obesity. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:91b67025-2fd0-4a3f-8a42-3f2d2db009df2022-03-26T23:20:36ZMediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:91b67025-2fd0-4a3f-8a42-3f2d2db009dfEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Romaguera, DNorat, TVergnaud, AMouw, TMay, AAgudo, ABuckland, GSlimani, NRinaldi, SCouto, EClavel-Chapelon, FBoutron-Ruault, MCottet, VRohrmann, STeucher, BBergmann, MBoeing, HTjønneland, AHalkjaer, JJakobsen, MDahm, CTravier, NRodriguez, LSanchez, MAmiano, PBACKGROUND: There is an association between a greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet and a reduced risk of developing chronic diseases. However, it is not clear whether this dietary pattern may be protective also against the development of obesity. OBJECTIVE: We assessed the association between the adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP), prospective weight change, and the incidence of overweight or obesity. DESIGN: We conducted a prospective cohort study [the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Physical Activity, Nutrition, Alcohol Consumption, Cessation of Smoking, Eating Out of Home, and Obesity (EPIC-PANACEA) project] in 373,803 individuals (103,455 men and 270,348 women; age range: 25-70 y) from 10 European countries. Anthropometric measurements were obtained at recruitment and after a median follow-up time of 5 y. The relative Mediterranean Diet Score (rMED; score range: 0-18) was used to assess adherence to the MDP according to the consumption of 9 dietary components that are characteristic of the Mediterranean diet. The association between the rMED and 5-y weight change was modeled through multiadjusted mixed-effects linear regression. RESULTS: Individuals with a high adherence to the MDP according to the rMED (11-18 points) showed a 5-y weight change of -0.16 kg (95% CI: -0.24, -0.07 kg) and were 10% (95% CI: 4%, 18%) less likely to develop overweight or obesity than were individuals with a low adherence to the MDP (0-6 points). The low meat content of the Mediterranean diet seemed to account for most of its positive effect against weight gain. CONCLUSION: This study shows that promoting the MDP as a model of healthy eating may help to prevent weight gain and the development of obesity. |
| spellingShingle | Romaguera, D Norat, T Vergnaud, A Mouw, T May, A Agudo, A Buckland, G Slimani, N Rinaldi, S Couto, E Clavel-Chapelon, F Boutron-Ruault, M Cottet, V Rohrmann, S Teucher, B Bergmann, M Boeing, H Tjønneland, A Halkjaer, J Jakobsen, M Dahm, C Travier, N Rodriguez, L Sanchez, M Amiano, P Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. |
| title | Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. |
| title_full | Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. |
| title_fullStr | Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. |
| title_short | Mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA project. |
| title_sort | mediterranean dietary patterns and prospective weight change in participants of the epic panacea project |
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