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Weight Status, Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity Level, and Sleep Behavior of Italian Junior High School Adolescents.
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- Sleep and the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep medicine reviews · 2025Pooled it
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- Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Patterns in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
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- Unraveling the connection between the Mediterranean diet and sleep health: from biological mechanisms to clinical implications.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Review
- Lifestyle Habits and Anthropometric Indicators Associated with Mediterranean Diet Adherence in Spanish Youth.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Parents' nutrition knowledge, perceived barriers and enablers, and healthy-eating attitudes associated with children's adherence to the Mediterranean diet: the DELICIOUS project.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Determinants and relationships of digital addiction, diet quality, and physical activity in adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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- The Mediterranean Diet, the DASH Diet, and the MIND Diet in Relation to Sleep Duration and Quality: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
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- Weight Status Determines the Impact of a School-Based Nutrition Education Intervention on Lifestyle Behaviors in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Combination of Machine Learning Techniques to Predict Overweight/Obesity in Adults.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Mediterranean diet adherence and sleep pattern: a systematic review of observational studies.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and sleep quality are inter-correlated with flash glucose monitoring (FGM)-measured glycemia among children with type 1 diabetes.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Adolescent Growth in Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Mediterranean Dietary Patterns Related to Sleep Duration and Sleep-Related Problems among Adolescents: The EHDLA Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
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Abstract
Inadequate diet, physical activity, and sleep-related behaviors are potential risk factors for overweight and obese, therefore we investigated the relations between body mass index (BMI) and behavioral factors in a sample of Italian adolescents. Four hundred nine Italian secondary school students (46% females, 12.5 ± 0.6 y.o.) were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. Anthropometric measures, adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (KIDMED), physical activity level (PAQ-C), sleep duration, daytime sleepiness (PDSS), sleep quality, and school achievement data were collected through an online questionnaire. The percentage of overweight adolescents was slightly lower (14%) compared to the regional and the national figures. Approximately 88% of the sample reported a medium/high adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and 77% a moderate/vigorous physical activity level. The average sleep duration was in line with the international sleep recommendation for adolescents and 82% had a medium/high sleep quality. No differences were found between genders except for BMI (lower in females). Unexpectedly, no differences were found among the BMI groups (normal weight vs. overweight vs. obese) for lifestyle variables; in contrast, Mediterranean Diet adherence was associated with sleep habits. Further investigation is required to better explore the associations among behavioral variables involved in adolescents' healthy development.
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