ArticleNutrients2018
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among School Children and Adolescents Living in Northern Italy and Unhealthy Food Behaviors Associated to Overweight.
Article in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 66 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Adesione Alla Dieta Mediterranea Dei Pazienti Pediatrici Affetti Dalla Sindrome Dell'Intestino Irritabile (IBS): Studio Pilota
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Who cites it
66 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Health Outcomes in Adolescents: An Umbrella Review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Diet Quality Scores, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current obesity reports · 2024Pooled it
- Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Patterns in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
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- Beyond theChildren (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ponderal Status, Eating and Lifestyle Habits in Rural School Children: A Pilot Survey of the SBAM-ONFOODS Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
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- Weight Perception and Lifestyle Awareness in Children and Adolescents: Insights from a Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Nutritional Status and Mediterranean Diet Adherence in Urban Albanian School-Aged Children and Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Fair Play a Tavola: a school-based framework integrating nutrition education and anthropometric screening for early identification of excess weight in preschool children.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Among Primary School Children in the Tagus Lezíria Region, Portugal: A Study on Eating Habits.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Lights and Shadows of a Primary School-Based Nutrition Education Program in Italy: Insights from the LIVELY Project.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Effects of Nutritional Education and Diet on Obesity and Asthma Progression in Children and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2025Observational
- Fructose Intake and Unhealthy Eating Habits Are Associated with MASLD in Pediatric Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Impact of Mediterranean Diet Adherence on Lipid Profiles in Pediatric Primary Dyslipidemia: Insights from the Updated KIDMED Score.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Increased Physical Activity at School on the Nutritional Behavior and BMI of 13-Year-Olds.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Multidimensional School-Based and Family-Involved Interventions to Promote a Healthy and Sustainable Lifestyle (LIVELY) for Childhood Obesity Prevention: Study Protocol.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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Abstract
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the differences in Mediterranean diet and its components among primary and secondary school children and adolescents living in northern Italy, and the associations with the weight status. Adherence was assessed by the KIDMED (Mediterranean Diet Quality Index) questionnaire on 669 subjects (6⁻16 years) attending five schools of Novara. The adherence was poor in 16.7%, average in 63.7%, and high in 19.6% of the students. Poor adherence was more frequent in primary than in secondary schools (20.7% vs. 13.7%,
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