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Exploring the Perceived Barriers to Following a Mediterranean Style Diet in Childbearing Age: A Qualitative Study.
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- Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing Food is Medicine for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes in China.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
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- The use of diet for preventing and treating depression in young men: current evidence and existing challenges.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Review
- Adherence and barriers to Mediterranean diet in Tunisian patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.Future science OA · 2024Article
- Barriers and facilitators for sustainable weight loss in the pre-conception period among Danish women with overweight or obesity - a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- A peer support dietary change intervention for encouraging adoption and maintenance of the Mediterranean diet in a non-Mediterranean population (TEAM-MED): lessons learned and suggested improvements.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- Mid- and long-term changes in satiety-related hormones, lipid and glucose metabolism, and inflammation after a Mediterranean diet intervention with the goal of losing weight: A randomized, clinical trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Using the COM-B model to identify barriers and facilitators towards adoption of a diet associated with cognitive function (MIND diet).Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Comparison of barriers and facilitators of MIND diet uptake among adults from Northern Ireland and Italy.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Understanding the Self-Perceived Barriers and Enablers toward Adopting a Mediterranean Diet in Australia: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour Framework.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Creating Healthy Change in the Preconception Period for Women with Overweight or Obesity: A Qualitative Study Using the Information-Motivation-Behavioural Skills Model.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
A considerable amount of research has focused on interventions in pregnancy to promote health in current and future generations. This has yielded inconsistent results and focus has turned towards improving health in the preconception period. Promotion of healthy dietary patterns similar to a Mediterranean diet in the preconception years has been suggested as a dietary strategy to prevent maternal obesity and optimize offspring health. However, it is uncertain whether adoption is acceptable in women of childbearing age. This qualitative study aims to investigate the perceived barriers to following a Mediterranean diet in women of childbearing age. Semi-structured focus groups were used to generate deep insights to be used to guide the development of a future intervention. Nulliparous women aged between 20 and 47 years were recruited (
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