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A Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Predicts Better Sleep Quality in US Women from the American Heart Association Go Red for Women Strategically Focused Research Network.
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- Sleep and the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep medicine reviews · 2025Pooled it
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- A Systematic Review of the Bidirectional Association Between Consumption of Ultra-processed Food and Sleep Parameters Among Adults.Current obesity reports · 2023Pooled it
- Higher daytime intake of fruits and vegetables predicts less disrupted nighttime sleep in younger adults.Sleep health · 2025Trial
- Effect of Peanut Butter Intake on Sleep Health in Firefighters: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Trial
- Mediterranean Diet vs. Time-Restricted Eating: Effects on Circadian Rhythm and Appetite Markers in Female Patients with Multiple Sclerosis-A Pilot Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effect of energy intake expenditure balance on sleep duration: a cross-sectional study concerning the 2019, 2020, and 2022 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.Korean journal of family medicine · 2026Article
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- Nutritional Interventions for Enhancing Sleep Quality: The Role of Diet and Key Nutrients in Regulating Sleep Patterns and Disorders.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Unraveling the connection between the Mediterranean diet and sleep health: from biological mechanisms to clinical implications.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2025Review
- Global diet quality score and quality of sleep in patients with breast cancer: a population-based cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index and sleep quality disorders: a cross-sectional study on fasa adult cohort.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- The effect of mediterranean diet and chrononutrition on sleep quality: a scoping review.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2025Review
- Association between the plant-based Mediterranean diet and neuropsychological distress of the breastfeeding mothers and their infants.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Mediterranean Diet, the DASH Diet, and the MIND Diet in Relation to Sleep Duration and Quality: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2024Review
- The Association Between Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Chronic Insomnia in the NutriNet-Santé Study.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2024Article
- From Garden to Pillow: Understanding the Relationship between Plant-Based Nutrition and Quality of Sleep.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Bridging the Gap: The Need to Implement Dietary Guidance to Address Cardiovascular Health.Nutrients · 2024Review
- Effect of a Whole-Food Plant-Based Diet on Postprandial Sleepiness: A Pilot Study.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Consumption of a Mediterranean diet has been linked to better sleep health in older, European populations. However, whether this dietary pattern is predictive of sleep quality in US women, a group prone to poor sleep, is unknown. This prospective cohort study of 432 US women (20-76 y; 60% racial/ethnic minority) evaluated whether compliance with a Mediterranean diet at baseline predicted sleep quality at 1-y follow-up. Alternate Mediterranean (aMed) diet scores and habitual sleep quality were computed from the validated Block Brief Food Frequency Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), respectively. Linear regression models evaluated prospective associations of the aMed diet pattern and its components with measures of sleep quality, after adjustment for age, BMI, race/ethnicity, education, and health insurance status. Higher baseline aMed scores were associated with lower PSQI scores (β = -0.30 ± 0.10,
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