Effectiveness of Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in the Management of Overweight Women: The Prospective Interventional Cohort Study

Uher, I (通讯作者),Pavol Jozef Safarika Univ, Inst Phys Educ & Sport, Kosice 04001, Slovakia.
2022-12
Evidence indicates that unhealthy eating habits constitute multilevel obstacles threatening health and well-being. Studies suggest that consumer choices have turned irremovably towards Western diets. The Mediterranean diet (MD) is considered one of the most effective in preventing and treating overweight and obesity, yet its results and associations are ambiguous. This explanatory research aims to examine the effect of the MD on anthropometric and biochemical variables in 181 females from an Eastern European country. The sample was divided into three distinct clusters based on age (tricenarian, quadragenarian, and quinquagenarian). Anthropometric and biochemical examinations in the three-month MD program plan failed to provide convincing evidence of the benefits of the MD on selected integrands. However, total body fat (FATP) values between groups showed a significant difference (p <= 0.032) between groups A and C (p <= 0.029), which can be attributed to the age of the cohort (30-39 vs. 50-60 years). Values in groups A and B (p <= 0.001) and C and A (p <= 0.001) were significant between the cohorts but did not indicate any changes in visceral fat (VFATL) in the individual groups. The presented findings can have implications for further investigation and the development of more comprehensive instruments, incorporating critical add-on constituents that will be appropriate to monitor, evaluate, and predict body weight management in experimentation.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:19|期号:23
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
University of Presov; University of Pavol Jozef Safarik Kosice
资助机构
Slovak government agency
资助信息
This research was funded by Slovak government agency, grant number KEGA 002PU-4/2021.
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
1
2013以来使用计数
1
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2022-12
DOI
10.3390/ijerph192315927
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
Mediterranean diet weight loss determinants of health healthy lifestyle clinically significant weight loss
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health