Trial reportNutrients2022
Effectiveness of an Intervention Programme on Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in a Preschool Child: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy of Mediterranean diet interventions on children and adolescents affected by overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic 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
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Mediterranean Diet-Based Interventions to Improve Anthropometric and Obesity Indicators in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- A Mediterranean lifestyle obesity prevention intervention in preschoolers at risk: MELI-POP Study-a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- The ALINFA Intervention Improves Diet Quality and Nutritional Status in Children 6 to 12 Years Old.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- A Mediterranean-Diet-Based Nutritional Intervention for Children with Prediabetes in a Rural Town: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Integrating Mediterranean Diet Education and Sustainability in Primary Schools: A Two-Season Community-Based Intervention in Portugal.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Mediterranean dietary pattern analysis combining two nutritional assessment tools in children aged 3 to 6 years in five European countries.European journal of nutrition · 2026Observational
- Effectiveness of School-Based Nutrition Interventions in Italy: A Scoping Review.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- From preschool to policy: A scoping review of recommended interventions for a systems approach to improve dietary intake in early childhood.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Article
- Laying the Groundwork for Health: Eating Behaviour and Physical Activity in Preschoolers in Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Higher Adherence to the ALINFA Nutritional Intervention Is Effective for Improving Dietary Patterns in Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Close Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet during Pregnancy Decreases Childhood Overweight/Obesity: A Prospective Study.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Childhood Mediterranean Diet Adherence Is Associated with Lower Prevalence of Childhood Obesity, Specific Sociodemographic, and Lifestyle Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Pre-School Children.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Review
- A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of theChildren (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Good Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Lowered Risk of Renal Glomerular Impairment in Children: A Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Mediterranean diet is considered one of the dietary patterns with the most accumulated scientific evidence on health benefits. In children, it has positive effects in the prevention of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, as well as in the prevention of diabetes. We aimed to evaluate the medium-term efficacy of an intervention programme, targeting adherence to the Mediterranean diet among preschool children.
methodsIn a randomised, parallel trial of participants aged 3-5 years, a school garden was attended in the experimental group, and in the control group, the usual content on the human body and health were taught. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was assessed using the KIDMED questionnaire, controlling for weight, height, body mass index (BMI) and socio-demographic variables.
resultsA reduction in BMI was found in the experimental group after one year and at the end of the follow-up period. In the overall score obtained in the KIDMED survey, a statistical trend was found between the two groups (
conclusionsThe experimental approach improved the quality of the participants' diet, increasing adherence to the Mediterranean diet due to increased consumption of plant-based protein.
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