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Mediterranean diet adherence and subjective well-being in a sample of portuguese adults

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Médicas
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Vanda
dc.contributor.authorJorge, Rui
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Conesa, María-Teresa
dc.contributor.authorPhilippou, Elena
dc.contributor.authorMassaro, Marika
dc.contributor.authorChervenkov, Mihail
dc.contributor.authorIvanova, Teodora
dc.contributor.authorMaksimova, Viktorija
dc.contributor.authorSmilkov, Katarina
dc.contributor.authorAckova, Darinka Gjorgieva
dc.contributor.authorMiloseva, Lence
dc.contributor.authorRuskovska, Tatjana
dc.contributor.authorDeligiannidou, Georgia Eirini
dc.contributor.authorKontogiorgis, Christos A.
dc.contributor.authorPinto, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-28T10:29:09Z
dc.date.available2025-07-28T10:29:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.description.abstractThe Mediterranean diet (MD) and other lifestyle characteristics have been associated with well-being, a broad multiparameter concept that includes individual’s subjective assessment of their own well-being (SWB). Some studies have suggested that diet influences SWB, thus, this work aimed to add novel information on the association of MD and SWB in a sample of Portuguese adults. Data on sociodemographic, economic, lifestyle, diet, and SWB were collected through a self-filled online questionnaire. MD adherence was assessed by the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) score. Results showed a moderate adherence to the MD in 490 Portuguese adults (mean MEDAS of 7.4 ± 2.1). A higher MD adherence was found to be significantly positively associated with women, employed individuals, a higher number of meals per day, and those with frequent contact with nature (p-value < 0.0025, using Bonferroni adjustment). As a novelty, this study divided the participants into low SWB, medium SWB, and medium to high SWB profiles (3.9 ± 1.0; 6.2 ± 1.0; 8.2 ± 1.3, respectively; p-value < 0.05), which reported significantly increasing MEDAS scores (6.5 ± 2.1; 7.3 ± 2.1; 7.8 ± 1.9; respectively, p-value < 0.05).eng
dc.identifier.citationAndrade, V., Jorge, R., García-Conesa, M.-T., Philippou, E., Massaro, M., Chervenkov, M., Ivanova, T., Maksimova, V., Smilkov, K., Ackova, D. G., Miloseva, L., Ruskovska, T., Deligiannidou, G. E., Kontogiorgis, C. A., & Pinto, P. (2020). Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Subjective Well-Being in a Sample of Portuguese Adults. Nutrients, 12(12), 3837. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123837
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu12123837
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/58206
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123837
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMediterranean diet
dc.subjectMEDAS score
dc.subjectsubjective well-being
dc.subjectlife satisfaction
dc.subjectPortuguese adults
dc.titleMediterranean diet adherence and subjective well-being in a sample of portuguese adultseng
dc.typecontribution to journal
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue12
oaire.citation.startPage3837
oaire.citation.titleNutrients
oaire.citation.volume12
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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