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: Received: 26 April 2024 / Approved: 26 April 2024 / Online: 26 April 2024 (09:47:50 CEST)
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Sam-Yellowe, T.Y. Nutritional Barriers to the Adherence of the Mediterranean Diet in Non-mediterranean Populations. Preprints2024, 2024041733. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1733.v1
Sam-Yellowe, T.Y. Nutritional Barriers to the Adherence of the Mediterranean Diet in Non-mediterranean Populations. Preprints 2024, 2024041733. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1733.v1
Sam-Yellowe, T.Y. Nutritional Barriers to the Adherence of the Mediterranean Diet in Non-mediterranean Populations. Preprints2024, 2024041733. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1733.v1
APA Style
Sam-Yellowe, T.Y. (2024). Nutritional Barriers to the Adherence of the Mediterranean Diet in Non-mediterranean Populations. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1733.v1
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Sam-Yellowe, T.Y. 2024 "Nutritional Barriers to the Adherence of the Mediterranean Diet in Non-mediterranean Populations" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1733.v1
Abstract
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet has been shown to lower the risk of developing chronic non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Improvements in depression, participation in daily activities in older individuals, weight loss and reduction in adverse pregnancy outcomes are associated with adherence to the Mediterranean diet. The number of studies that have evaluated barriers to the adherence of the Mediterranean diet in the US and in particular, in racial and ethnic minority populations within the US are few. Among Native American and Alaskan Native populations, studies evaluating traditional or alternative Mediterranean diet adherence for chronic non-infectious diseases is unavailable. Mediterranean diet scoring instruments used in studies in European and Mediterranean countries and among white participants in the US fail to capture the dietary patterns of racial and ethnic minority populations. In this narrative review the food components of the traditional Mediterranean diet are discussed, adherence to the Mediterranean diet is examined in Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean countries and barriers preventing adherence to the Mediterranean diet in the US and among racial and ethnic minority populations is reviewed. Recommendations for improving nutrition education and intervention, and increasing adherence and cultural adaptions to the Mediterranean diet are provided.
Keywords
Mediterranean diet; dietary pattern; obesity; food barriers; nutrition education; public health nutrition; food insecurity; racial/ethnic minorities
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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