Trial reportThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2015
Brief Report: Implementing a Mediterranean Diet Intervention into a RCT: Lessons Learned from a Non-Mediterranean Based Country.
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- Measures of Perceived Neighborhood Food Environments and Dietary Habits: A Systematic Review of Methods and Associations.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
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- Long-Term Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet 1-Year after Completion of the MedLey Study.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Focus groups inform a mobile health intervention to promote adherence to a Mediterranean diet and engagement in physical activity among people living with HIV.BMC public health · 2019Trial
- Effect of a Low Glycemic Index Mediterranean Diet on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. A Randomized Controlled Clinici Trial.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Trial
- Effect of a Mediterranean Type Diet on Inflammatory and Cartilage Degradation Biomarkers in Patients with Osteoarthritis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Trial
- Health Promotion and Preventive Care Intervention for Older Community-Dwelling People: Long-Term Effects of a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) within the LUCAS Cohort.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2017Trial
- Understanding Alignment to the Mediterranean-Style and DASH Eating Patterns and Assessing Associations with Cardiometabolic Clinical Outcomes Among Hispanic/Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Across the League of Arab States: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Nutritarian Women's Health Study (NWHS): Cohort 1.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Behaviour change techniques, intervention features and usability of diet apps.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- The MIND diet, cognitive function, and well-being among healthy adults at midlife: a randomised feasibility trial.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Methodological and reporting recommendations for clinical trials in Nutritional Psychiatry: Guidelines from the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Mediterranean Dietary Pattern for Healthy and Active Aging: A Narrative Review of an Integrative and Sustainable Approach.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The use of diet for preventing and treating depression in young men: current evidence and existing challenges.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Review
- Development of an Aotearoa New Zealand adapted Mediterranean dietary pattern and Kai/food basket for the He Rourou Whai Painga randomised controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Habitual Dietary Patterns, Nutrient Intakes, and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among New Zealand Adults: The NZ MED Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- A South Asian Mediterranean-style diet is associated with favorable adiposity measures and lower diabetes risk: The MASALA cohort.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the participant experiences regarding perceived barriers and facilitators which impact on consuming the Mediterranean diet in the East of England.
designQualitative methodology with focus groups.
settingA healthy, middle-aged population situated in the East of England.
interventionAn 8-week Mediterranean dietary intervention trial.
participantsEleven participants (including three co-habiting partners) in three focus groups, ranging between 50-65 yrs with a mean age of 54.3 yrs (±4.0)
resultsThematic analysis from the focus groups revealed that participants considered that the MD intervention had introduced a better quality of food, widening the food-horizon and allowed them to re-define cultural eating habits. They also reported several physical benefits from adapting to this diet and found the experience as positive. Whilst claiming that the MD was an enjoyable and pleasurable, the participants did express difficulty adapting to the eating pattern, finding difficulty in purchasing food items, an increase in food costs and found work, stress and time pressures undermining adherence.
conclusionThe participants' experiences suggested that the MD was an encouraging dietary change with a middle aged non-Mediterranean based population group. Future MD interventions should tailor interventions and support participants closely, particularly with the necessary planning, organisation and purchasing involved with implementing this diet in non-Mediterranean countries. Secondly, researchers should also challenge any erroneous assumptions regarding the consumption of Mediterranean food, which may hinder implementation.
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