Mediterranean diet, Health and life quality among portuguese children

• Main Author: Martins, Emília
• Publication Date: 2016
• Other Authors: Mendes, Francisco, Fernandes, Rosina, Magalhães, Cátia, Araújo, Patrícia
• Format: Article
• Language: eng
• Source: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/4058
• topic: Mediterranean Diet; Health; Life quality; Children

The Chronic Diseases Global Action Plan 2013-2020, from WHO (2013) [1], denotes the relevance of urgent implementation of strategies promoting a healthy diet. The Mediterranean Diet (MD), recognized in 2013 by UNESCO as Humanity Immaterial Cultural Heritage, is increasingly considered in the literature as a fundamental eating pattern in the prevention of non-transmittable diseases and with a positive impact on life quality. Objectives: To understand the adhesion levels to MD in 230 Portuguese children with ages averaging 10.09 ± 1.32, and also analyse their relation to the perception of health state (very bad to very good) and life quality (including physical and psychological health dimensions, self-concept, and relationships with peers and family).