A 14-Item Mediterranean Diet Assessment Tool and Obesity Indexes among High-Risk Subjects: The PREDIMED Trial

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Authors

Miguel Ángel Martínez‐González · Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Ana García‐Arellano · Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Estefanía Toledo · Universidad de Navarra

Jordi Salas‐Salvadó · Universidad Rovira i Virgili

Pilar Buil‐Cosiales · Universidad de Navarra

Dolores Corella · Instituto de Salud Carlos III

María Isabel Covas

Abstract

A brief 14-item tool was able to capture a strong monotonic inverse association between adherence to a good quality dietary pattern (Mediterranean diet) and obesity indexes in a population of adults at high cardiovascular risk.

Topics & Keywords

Nutritional Studies and Diet Diet and metabolism studies Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 7, Issue 8, pp. e43134-e43134

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043134

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