The Mediterranean diet is inspired by the eating patterns of places like Greece, Southern Italy and Spain. It involves high use of olive oil, legumes, cereals, fruits, nuts and vegetables and moderate use of fish, dairy items like cheddar and yogurt, and wine.
Gianluca Tognon from University of Gothenburg, Sweden, explains, "The adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet was assessed by a score calculating by giving one point for high intakes of each food group which was considered typical of the Mediterranean diet such as vegetables, fruit and nuts, fish and cereal grains. One point was given for low intakes of foods untypical of the Mediterranean diet such as dairy and meat products."High scoring children were then viewed as high-follower and compared with the others. The findings were independent of age, sex, socio-economic status or country of residence."Considering its potential beneficial effects on obesity prevention, this dietary pattern should be part of EU obesity prevention strategies," Tognon added.With inputs from IANS
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Gianluca Tognon from University of Gothenburg, Sweden, explains, "The adherence to a Mediterranean-like diet was assessed by a score calculating by giving one point for high intakes of each food group which was considered typical of the Mediterranean diet such as vegetables, fruit and nuts, fish and cereal grains. One point was given for low intakes of foods untypical of the Mediterranean diet such as dairy and meat products."High scoring children were then viewed as high-follower and compared with the others. The findings were independent of age, sex, socio-economic status or country of residence."Considering its potential beneficial effects on obesity prevention, this dietary pattern should be part of EU obesity prevention strategies," Tognon added.With inputs from IANS