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Effectiveness of Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in the Management of Overweight Women: the Prospective Interventional Cohort Study

Jana Poráčová
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Ivan Uher
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Hedviga Vašková
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Tatiana Kimáková
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Milena Švedová
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Mária Konečná
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Marta Mydlárová Blaščáková
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Vincent Sedlák
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Version 1 : Received: 28 July 2022 / Approved: 29 July 2022 / Online: 29 July 2022 (09:52:36 CEST)

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Poráčová, J.; Uher, I.; Vašková, H.; Kimáková, T.; Konečná, M.; Blaščáková, M.M.; Sedlák, V. Effectiveness of Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in the Management of Overweight Women: The Prospective Interventional Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19, 15927, doi:10.3390/ijerph192315927. Poráčová, J.; Uher, I.; Vašková, H.; Kimáková, T.; Konečná, M.; Blaščáková, M.M.; Sedlák, V. Effectiveness of Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in the Management of Overweight Women: The Prospective Interventional Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2022, 19, 15927, doi:10.3390/ijerph192315927.

Abstract

Evidence indicates that unhealthy eating habits constitute multilevel obstacles threatening our health and well-being—studies suggesting that consumer choices turn irremovably towards Western diets. Mediterranean diets (MD) have been identified as one of the most effective in preventing and treating overweight and obesity. Considering this scientific substantiation in prevention and treatment activity, the purpose of this investigation is to verify this evidence. In our prospective interventional study, we examined the effect of MD on body weight in a female cohort sample. The analyzed group consisted of (n=181) females divided into three distinct groups based on their age (tricenarian, quadragenarian, and quinquagenarian). Anthropometric (weight, BMI, FATP, VFATL, FFM, TBW, and BMR), biochemical examinations (urea, creatinine, uric acid, ALT, AST, GGT, CHOL, HDL-CH, non-HDL, LDL-CH, TAG, GLU, and CRP) and comprehensive, personalized three months MD program was completed on the examined subjects. We didn’t establish convincing evidence of MD on weight reduction and its magnitude of correlation with a positive correspondence on selected determinants in all groups combined. There is a challenge to construct more robust prospective cohort studies that will incorporate add-on critical integrands that will be appropriate to monitor, evaluate and predict weight management in experimenting.

Keywords

Mediterranean Diet; weight loss; determinants of health; healthy lifestyle; clinically significant weight loss

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Anatomy and Physiology

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