Observational studyNutrients2019
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Spanish University Students.
Observational study in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- High Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet is Associated with Higher Physical Fitness in Adults: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- The Effect of Short-term Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet on Hunger Hormones, Anthropometric Parameters, and Brain Structures in Middle-aged Overweight and Obese Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Iranian journal of medical sciences · 2022Trial
- How to Measure Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in Dental Studies: Is a Short Adherence Screener Enough? A Comparative Analysis.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Shear Wave Elastography in Children: Normative Values and the Impact of Healthy Habits in a Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Mediterranean Lifestyle Adherence Reflects Coherent Behavioural Patterns Based on the MEDLIFE Index.Nutrients · 2026Observational
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- Dietary Diversity, Dietary Patterns, and Cardiometabolic Health in University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Central adiposity outperforms disordered eating behavior in predicting type 2 diabetes risk in young adults: an explainable machine learning approach.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Association between adherence to Saudi healthy plate dietary guidelines and physical activity, muscular endurance, and body composition among adult gym users.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Adherence to the mediterranean diet in adults: the role of environmental and sustainable food literacy.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Mediterranean Diet as a Model of Sustainability: Evidence-Based Insights into Health, Environment, and Culture.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Spanish University Students: Association with Lifestyle Habits, Mental and Emotional Well-Being.Nutrients · 2025Article
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- Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Index Is Positively Related to Mediterranean Diet Adherence in University Students.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Unhealthy Lifestyle Contributes to Negative Mental Health and Poor Quality of Life in Young University Students.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Mediterranean Diet Adherence beyond Boundaries: Sociodemographic and Pregnancy-Related Determinants among Saudi Women.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Autistic Children/Adolescents Have Lower Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Higher Salivary IL-6 Concentration: Potential Diet-Inflammation Links?Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2024Article
- Health Literacy and Its Association with the Adoption of the Mediterranean Diet: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- The Role of Parental Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Family Time Together in Children's Weight Status: The BeE-School Project.Nutrients · 2024Article
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Abstract
The aims of this study were to assess the association of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) with physical fitness and body composition in Spanish university students and to determine the ability to predict the MD adherence of each Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) item. A cross-sectional study was performed involving 310 first-year university students. Adherence to the MD was evaluated with MEDAS-14 items. Anthropometric variables, body composition, and physical fitness were assessed. Muscle strength was determined based on handgrip strength and the standing long jump test. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) was measured using the Course-Navette test. Only 24% of the university students had good adherence to the MD. The ANCOVA models showed a significant difference between participants with high adherence to the MD and those with medium and low adherence in CRF (
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