ArticleNutrients2022
Assessment of Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Lifestyle Change during COVID-19 National Lockdown in Tunisian Adult Population.
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- Determinants of adherence to the Mediterranean diet among adults in Mediterranean countries: a systematic literature review.Public health nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Gender and sex differences in adherence to a Mediterranean diet and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Lifestyle Factors and Diet-Disease-Related Knowledge: A Network Psychometric Analysis of Cardiovascular Health Literacy Among Lebanese Adults.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Diet quality and food insecurity in Lebanon: insights into dietary diversity, mediterranean diet adherence, and phytochemical intake among adults.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Drivers and Barriers Influencing Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet: A Comparative Study across Five Countries.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Regional Agriculture and Food Systems Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Near East and North Africa Region.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- The Effect of the Mediterranean Diet on Metabolic Health.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Metabolic control of diabetic patients assisted by private and public health care systems during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study.Primary care diabetes · 2023Article
- Assessment of Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Lifestyle Change during COVID-19 National Lockdown in Tunisian Adult Population.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Mediterranean diet (MD) is a plant-based diet associated with a reduction in the risk of developing COVID-19 comorbidities. Lockdown instigation during the COVID-19 pandemic has affected eating habits and lifestyles, highlighting the need to analyze the healthiness of new consumption patterns. We conducted a survey to assess lifestyle change in Tunisian adults and their MD adherence. A total of 1082 respondents completed a self-administered online survey designed to assess their food and lifestyle habits. Poor overall adherence to MD was observed (mean MEDAS score 6.6, SD 1.07) in a preponderance of the mid-MD adherent subgroup (71.2% of the participants). Location, age, profession, and household welfare proxy were the main determinants of high MD adherence. When adjusting for sociodemographic variables, location and income remained statistically significant. Positive health outcomes were noticed in respondents with high MEDAS scores. Most importantly, binary logistic regression showed that risk of COVID-19 infection decreased as MEDAS score increased for unvaccinated obese participants (OR = 0.63; confidence interval (CI) 0.4-0.98;
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