Children's diet assessed with the Mediterranean Diet Index: the finding of new eating habits and their impact on a cohort of Italian children.

Annali dell'Istituto superiore di sanita Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.4415/ANN_24_03_02

Irene Rutigliano, Morena Luce Mansueto, Rossella Canestrale, Rossella Giorgio, Michele Sacco, Maria Rosa Pastore

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Objectives: Mediterranean Diet (MD) has been inversely associated with many diseases: it reduces total mortality and lowers cardiovascular risk. Despite the known benefits of MD, variations of dietary habits have occurred in recent years especially in young people. The aim of our study is to evaluate MD adherence in a cohort of Italian children and adolescents living in Southern Italy.

Methods and results: Adherence to MD was evaluated with the Mediterranean Diet Index (KIDMED). Sex, age, and anthropometric measures were recorded on a population of 132 children; of those 71.2% showed poor adherence to MD, 26.5% average adherence and only 2.3% good adherence. Higher prevalence of poor adherence was recorded in obese children and there was statistically significant inverse correlation between age and adherence score.

Conclusions: Our results highlight low adherence to MD in a cohort of Italian children. These findings support the importance of monitoring dietary habits, especially in adolescents.

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用地中海饮食指数评估儿童饮食：发现新的饮食习惯及其对一组意大利儿童的影响。

目的：地中海饮食（Mediterranean Diet，MD）与多种疾病呈反向关系：它能降低总死亡率并降低心血管风险。尽管地中海饮食的益处众所周知，但近年来饮食习惯发生了变化，尤其是在年轻人中。我们这项研究的目的是评估居住在意大利南部的意大利儿童和青少年群体是否坚持食用 MD：地中海饮食指数（KIDMED）对地中海饮食的坚持情况进行了评估。对 132 名儿童的性别、年龄和人体测量指标进行了记录；其中 71.2% 的儿童对地中海饮食的依从性较差，26.5% 的儿童依从性一般，只有 2.3% 的儿童依从性较好。肥胖儿童的依从性较差，年龄与依从性得分之间存在统计学意义上的显著负相关：我们的研究结果表明，在一组意大利儿童中，MD 的依从性较低。这些结果支持了监测饮食习惯的重要性，尤其是在青少年中。

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