THE Anti-Coronary Club Study Project represents an epidemiological approach to a test of the hypothesis that adherence to a serum cholesterol-lowering diet will be associated with a decreased incidence of coronary heart disease. The Diet and Coronary Heart Disease Study conducted by the Bureau of Nutrition of the New York City Department of Health has been in progress since 1957. In previous re...

BACKGROUND Countries following the traditional Mediterranean Diet, particularly Southern European countries, have lower prostate cancer incidence and mortality compared to other European regions. The beneficial effect has been attributed to a specific eating pattern. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review is to examine the evidence to date on the effects of adherence to a Mediterranean Diet on ...

CONTEXT Higher adherence to a Mediterranean-type diet is linked to lower risk for mortality and chronic diseases, but its association with cognitive decline is unclear. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of a Mediterranean diet with change in cognitive performance and risk for dementia in elderly French persons. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Prospective cohort study of 1410 adults...

The aim of the present review is to examine current scientific knowledge on the association between the Mediterranean diet and diabetes mellitus (mostly type 2 diabetes). A definition of the Mediterranean diet and the tools widely used to evaluate adherence to this traditional diet (Mediterranean diet indices) are briefly presented. The review focuses on epidemiological data linking adherence t...

OBJECTIVE The main aim of this study was to assess the association between adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and treatment satisfaction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS This cross-sectional study included 294 patients with T2DM (146 with diabetic retinopathy and 148 without retinopathy). HRQoL and trea...

INTRODUCTION during the last decades, a quick and important modification of the dietary habits has been observed in the Mediterranean countries, especially among young people. Several authors have evaluated the pattern of adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in this group of population, by using the KIDMED test. OBJECTIVES the purpose of this study was to evaluate the adherence to the Mediterr...

BACKGROUND The traditional Mediterranean diet is claimed to possess antioxidant and immune-regulatory properties in several chronic diseases. Typical Mediterranean foods have recently been associated with improvement of symptoms of asthma and rhinitis in children. However the effect of adherence to Mediterranean diet on adult asthma outcomes is unknown. We aimed to investigate the association b...

BACKGROUND The Mediterranean diet (MD) prototype is widely used as an educational tool in public health programmes; few studies, however, have been conducted on the adherence of children to this diet. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the quality of Cypriot children's diet by assessing the degree of adherence to the MD. METHODS A national cross-sectional study among 1140 children (mean age = 10.7 (SD 0...

OBJECTIVE To systematically review all the prospective cohort studies that have analysed the relation between adherence to a Mediterranean diet, mortality, and incidence of chronic diseases in a primary prevention setting. DESIGN Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. DATA SOURCES English and non-English publications in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Central Register...

This study investigated relationships between demographic and medical variables, attitudes, perceived beliefs of others, coping methods and adherence to the regimen (diet, medications, activity, smoking and stress modification) of 30 controlled and 30 uncontrolled American Indian diabetics. At the time of the clinic visit, subjects completed a coping scale, Miller Attitude Scale, regimen adhere...