Mediterranean diet, weight status and physical activity in schoolchildren of the Region of Murcia

Guillamón, Andrés Rosa; López, Pedro José Carrillo; Cantó, Eliseo García; Soto, Juan José Pérez; Marcos, Loreto Tárraga; López, Pedro Juan Tárraga

doi:10.1016/j.artere.2019.01.001

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“…On the contrary, no association has been observed between the level of adherence to MD and BMI, sleeping time, or children’s school canteen attendance. Regarding BMI, this result was in line with the literature, since most studies in which this association was evaluated have failed to find significant associations among these parameters [ 10 , 11 , 38 , 40 , 42 , 49 , 58 ]. Surprisingly, the logistic regression results showed that those children who have a dairy product for breakfast were more likely to be overweight or obese, independently of their adherence to MD.…”

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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in a School Population in the Principality of Asturias (Spain): Relationship with Physical Activity and Body Weight

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The Mediterranean diet (MD), despite its multiple benefits, presents low levels of adherence among children. Moreover, childhood is a key stage in the acquisition of healthy habits. The aim of this study was to describe adherence to MD in school-age children from Asturias, Spain, and to evaluate the association with weight status and several lifestyle behaviors. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 309 children aged between 8 and 13 years old. The level of adherence to MD was evaluated through the KIDMED questionnaire. Descriptive analysis and logistic regression models were used to analyze the association between adherence to MD and weight status, frequency of out-of-school exercise, frequency of school canteen attendance, and sleep habits. We found that 54.4% of children had optimal adherence to MD and 29.9% of the sample was overweight or obese. Frequency of exercise practice was positively associated with optimal adherence to MD (95% CI: 1.02, 1.33). A positive association was found between some KIDMED items and frequency of out-of-school exercise practice and attendance at the school canteen. This study shows the need for an improvement in the adherence to MD in youth considering the concomitant occurrence of other related healthy behaviors.

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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in a School Population in the Principality of Asturias (Spain): Relationship with Physical Activity and Body Weight

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“…The majority of studies included BMI as the main anthropometric marker, except three: waist circumference, 75 abdominal obesity, 72 or body fat percentage 63 . In cross‐sectional studies, regarding general adiposity expressed by BMI, continuous or in categories (overweight/obesity), a total of 27 studies 31,32,34–37,40,41,45,46,49–51,55–58,62,65,67,68,70–74,76 found statistically non significant associations, 16 a negative association, 30,38,39,42–44,47,48,54,59–61,64,66,69,77 and 1 a positive association 52 with greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet. Regarding central adiposity, 11 studies found no significant association, 30,32,34,46,49–51,55,57,72,73 whereas 5 found an inverse association 35,39,48,53,75 and 2 a positive association 39,52 .…”

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Mediterranean diet and adiposity in children and adolescents: A systematic review

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Fitó

Morales-Suárez-Varela

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Obesity Reviews

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Summary Our aim was to summarize, through a systematic review, the current evidence from dietary intervention and observational studies on the impact of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on adiposity markers and obesity in children and adolescents. We searched Medline up to June 1, 2021 for the identification of intervention and observational studies meeting the inclusion criteria, following the PRISMA statement. We included 55 articles: 8 intervention studies and 47 observational studies. Three trials report a beneficial effect of the dietary intervention, whereas two did not, and three did not compare with a control. All observational studies were cross‐sectional, and only five studies also included a longitudinal analysis. More than half of the cross‐sectional studies found no significant association between adherence to Mediterranean diet and adiposity. Three out of the five longitudinal studies found a negative association. The majority of both observational and intervention studies was of low quality. Despite a large number of published studies, overall, there is only limited evidence of a beneficial effect of following a traditional Mediterranean diet to maintain a healthy body weight in childhood. More high‐quality intervention and longitudinal data are needed to form the base of large‐scale health programs to prevent childhood obesity.

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“…En el caso de las chicas, las cifras fueron del 6,0% y el 10,2%, respectivamente. Además, en 1993, el 13,8% de los chicos y el 8,7% de las chicas eran obesos, mientras que, en 2011, el 13,6% de los chicos y el 9,9% de las chicas eran obesos 23 . Datos similares fueron encontrados en un estudio realizado en Castilla y León y otro en Barcelona, había un 25,3% -26,1% de sobrepeso en los chicos y un 18,5% -20,6% en las chicas, respectivamente 22,24 .…”

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“…A pesar de lo anteriormente descrito, existe escasa información respecto a la calidad de la dieta y estado nutricional de los adolescentes. Nuestro estudio observó menor calidad de la dieta en los adolescentes con exceso de peso respecto a los normopeso; datos similares a lo encontrado por Rosa et al, los adolescentes con sobrepeso y sedentarios tuvieron un menor seguimiento de la dieta mediterránea que sus pares normopeso y activos 23 . Resultados contradictorios fueron reportados por Vernetta et al y Grao et al, quienes no observaron significación entre la adherencia a la dieta mediterránea y el estado nutricional de los adolescentes 25,26 .…”

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“…Estos resultados son inconsistentes con los reportados en otros estudios realizados en adolescentes. Rosa et al observaron que la dieta mediterránea no se asociaba significativamente con el peso y el sexo, pero sí mantenía una asociación con la edad y el nivel de actividad física 23 . Mera et al no encontraron ninguna asociación entre la puntuación de la calidad de la dieta mediterránea y el IMC, perímetro de cintura o peso corporal 30 .…”

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Evaluación de los hábitos dietéticos y niveles de actividad física en adolescentes escolares: Un estudio transversal

Parra-Escartín

Villalobos

2020

Rev Esp Nutr Hum Diet

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Introducción: La alimentación y la actividad física son los principales factores de riesgo modificables para la prevención y/o control del sobrepeso y la obesidad en etapas pediátricas. Los objetivos de este estudio fueron evaluar los estilos de vida (dietéticos y actividad física), y su asociación con el Índice de Masa Corporal (IMC) en adolescentes.Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio de tipo transversal sobre estilos de vida en adolescentes escolares. Se recogieron características sociodemográficas, datos clínicos, medidas antropométricas, hábitos dietéticos y de actividad física. Se utilizó una Regresión Lineal Múltiple para valorar la asociación entre los estilos de vida y el IMC, ajustados a posibles factores de confusión: sexo, edad, horas de sueño y tabaquismo.Resultados: Se analizaron 129 adolescentes (51,94% chicos) con una media de edad de 14,88 años. La prevalencia de exceso de peso fue del 32,80%, siendo mayor en los chicos comparados con las chicas. Un 59,70% de los adolescentes presentaron una dieta adecuada, y un 71,10% cumplen con las recomendaciones de actividad física de la OMS, siendo los chicos los que realizan mayor actividad física comparado con las chicas. Los adolescentes con exceso de peso obtuvieron menor puntuación de la calidad de la dieta y realizan menor actividad física que los normopeso. Además, el incremento en la puntuación de la calidad de la dieta (p-valor 0,013), horas de sueño al día (p-valor 0,032) y ser chica (p-valor <0,001), disminuyen el IMC.Conclusión: Observamos una prevalencia amplia de adolescentes con exceso de peso; y una menor calidad de la dieta y actividad física en este grupo. Además, existe una asociación entre los estilos de vida y el IMC en los adolescentes.

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Mediterranean diet, weight status and physical activity in schoolchildren of the Region of Murcia

Cited by 11 publications

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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in a School Population in the Principality of Asturias (Spain): Relationship with Physical Activity and Body Weight

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in a School Population in the Principality of Asturias (Spain): Relationship with Physical Activity and Body Weight

Mediterranean diet and adiposity in children and adolescents: A systematic review

Evaluación de los hábitos dietéticos y niveles de actividad física en adolescentes escolares: Un estudio transversal

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