High Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with a Reduced Risk of Obesity among Adults in Gulf Countries.
Kuwait
Mediterranean diet
Oman
Saudi Arabia
body mass index
gulf countries
obesity
score
Journal
Nutrients
ISSN: 2072-6643
Titre abrégé: Nutrients
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101521595
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
19 Mar 2021
19 Mar 2021
Historique:
received:
28
02
2021
revised:
15
03
2021
accepted:
16
03
2021
entrez:
3
4
2021
pubmed:
4
4
2021
medline:
27
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is considered as a good example of a healthy dietary pattern that has protective effects on obesity. The aim of the present study was to assess the adherence of adults from three Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Kuwait) to the MedDiet and its association with obesity risk. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 961 men and women (75.7%) aged 20-55 years old. Waist circumference (WC), and hip circumference (HC) were measured waist/hip ratio (WHR) and body mass index (BMI) were calculated. A validated 14-item Questionnaire was used to measure adherence to MedDiet. The mean of the adherence to MedDiet score was 5.9 ± 2.03 for the total sample. An inverse association was observed between the adherence to MedDiet and BMI after adjusting for potential confounders (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33808684
pii: nu13030995
doi: 10.3390/nu13030995
pmc: PMC8003341
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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