Dietary patterns and lifestyle characteristics in adults: results from the Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)

Karageorgou, Dimitra; Magriplis, Emmanuella; Mitsopoulou, Anastasia-Vasiliki; Dimakopoulos, Ioannis; Bakogianni, Ioanna; Micha, Renata; Michas, George; Chourdakis, Michael; Ntouroupi, Triantafyllia; Tsaniklidou, Sophia-Maria; Argyri, Konstantina; Panagiotakos, Demosthenes Β.; Zampelas, Antonis; Contributors, Hnnhs

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2019.03.013

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“…Foods are a combination of nutrients that interact together and exert diverse health effects [1,[5][6][7]. Studying the dietary patterns gives an insight on the overall diet and is very helpful in investigating their associations with health outcomes and other lifestyle factors [2,8]. There are two methods to elicit dietary patterns; the rst one is through numerical indices (priori method) such as the Mediterranean diet score or the healthy eating index and the second method is to empirically obtain the dietary patterns (posteriori method) using factor analysis, principle component analysis or reduced rank regression [9,10].…”

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Dietary Patterns of University Students in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sbaih¹,

Hourani

Khader

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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: University students might have poor diet quality. The aim of this study is to identify the dietary patterns of university students and assess their association with different socio-demographic, anthropometric and lifestyle factors. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted on students attending the University of Jordan, in a time period between September and November 2019. METHODS: A total of 664 students (469 females and 195 males aged between 17-30 years with a mean age (SD) of 19.7± 1.8), were included in this study. Data was collected using a survey consistent of two parts; socio-demographic, lifestyle, eating habits questions and a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The FFQ consisted of 55 food items/subgroups, and was specifically designed for this study. Body weight and height were measured by a trained dietitian. Principle component analysis was used to generate the dietary patterns. Associations between dietary patterns with different variables were measured through general linear modelling.RESULTS: Three main dietary patterns were identified: ‘snacking’, ‘healthy’ and ‘accessible’. Mean factor scores of the snacking pattern increased with less healthy aspects such as obesity or being underweight, smoking and being physically inactive. While factor scores for the healthy pattern increased with healthier aspects such as physically activity, having three or more meals per day and considering breakfast as the main meal of the day, and this pattern was largely followed by male students. Finally, the accessible pattern had higher scores for students living with their family and having three or more meals per day. CONCLUSION: The results of this study provide an understanding to the dietary patterns of university students along with related factors (socio-demographic, lifestyle, eating habits). It has identified a number of precursors of both healthy and unhealthy dietary practices. These finding are important for the conceptualization of multi behavioral programs and public health interventions.

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“…Dietary patterns were evaluated in young adults, children, university students, and people with comorbidities [2,7,8]. Studying dietary patterns of university students has gained considerable investigation [11,12].…”

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Dietary Patterns of University Students in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Sbaih¹,

Hourani

Khader

et al. 2020

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“…However, cancer reports suggest that foods rich in vitamins and phytochemicals can act as chemopreventive agents reducing the risk of various types of cancer, especially colorectal cancer [9,10]. In addition, there are studies with Greek participants that show that the adoption of the Mediterranean diet (characterized by high intake of fruit, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, and olive oil; a moderate intake of fish and dairy products; and low intake of meat, especially red meat), reduce cancer-related and total mortality [11,12].…”

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Anticancer Activity of Essential Oils and Other Extracts from Aromatic Plants Grown in Greece

Fitsiou

Pappa

2019

Antioxidants

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Aromatic plants have a long and significant history in the traditional medicine of many countries. Nowadays, there is an increasing interest in investigating the biological properties of aromatic plant extracts mainly due to their diversity, high availability, and low toxicity. Greece is abundant in aromatic plants, which can be attributed to the country’s geographical position, the morphology of its landscape, and its numerous mountainous and insular areas. In the past 15 years, a number of aromatic plant extracts of Greek origin have been studied for their bioactivities, including their antiproliferative potential against different types of cancer. Although the pharmacological activities of specific species of Greek origin have been reviewed before, no gathered information on explicitly Greek species exist. In this review, we summarize existing data on the antiproliferative activity of extracts isolated from Greek aromatic plants and discuss their molecular mode(s) of action, where available, in order to identify promising extracts for future research and link chemical constituents responsible for their activity. We conclude that essentials oils are the most frequently studied plant extracts exhibiting high diversity in their composition and anticancer potential, but also other extracts appear to be worthy of further investigation for cancer chemoprevention.

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“…Information on dietary intake was obtained from each participant, with two non-consecutive 24-h recalls using the technologically validated USDA Automated Multiple-Pass Method (AMPM) [19], 8–20 days apart, and the use of age-specific food atlases. Details on the 24-h recall methods have been recently published [20]. Information on any egg intake, eaten as a whole, partly or in recipes was assessed.…”

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Frequency and Quantity of Egg Intake Is Not Associated with Dyslipidemia: The Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)

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Background: Gaps remain on the safety of egg intake on cardiovascular health, setting the study’s aim to investigate the association between quantity and frequency of egg consumption, with established dyslipidemia. Methods: Study participants (N = 3558, 40.3% males) included individuals from the Hellenic National and Nutrition Health Survey (HNNHS), of national representation. Quantity and frequency of egg consumption was determined. Minimally adjusted, multivariable logistic and linear analysis were used to assess egg consumption and dyslipidemia. Results: The more frequent egg consumption compared to no or rare egg consumption significantly decreased the odds of dyslipidemia in the minimally adjusted (Odds Ratio (OR) for frequency: 0.83; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.752, 0.904; OR for quantified frequency: 0.87; 95% CI: 0.796, 0.963) and the fully adjusted models (OR for frequency: 0.80; 95% CI: 0.718, 0.887; OR for quantified frequency: 0.85; 95%CI: 0.759, 0.945). Level of serum cholesterol and LDL-c were significantly lower with higher frequency and quantified frequency of egg consumption in all models. Conclusion: Eggs do not increase the risk of dyslipidemia and can be consumed as part of a healthy diet that is high in fiber and low in saturated fat, without excessive energy intake, by all individuals.

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Dietary patterns and lifestyle characteristics in adults: results from the Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)

Cited by 24 publications

References 56 publications

Dietary Patterns of University Students in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Dietary Patterns of University Students in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Anticancer Activity of Essential Oils and Other Extracts from Aromatic Plants Grown in Greece

Frequency and Quantity of Egg Intake Is Not Associated with Dyslipidemia: The Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)

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