1. Association of eating behaviors, lifestyle, and maternal education with adherence to the mediterranean diet in Spanish children
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Montserrat Fitó, Clara Homs, Santiago F. Gomez, Helmut Schröder, Gabriela Cardenas, Rafael Casas Esteve, and Rowaedh Ahmed Bawaked
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Mediterranean diet ,Mothers ,Diet, Mediterranean ,Screen Time ,03 medical and health sciences ,Screen time ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Bayesian multivariate linear regression ,Humans ,Medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Child ,Prospective cohort study ,Exercise ,Life Style ,Socioeconomic status ,General Psychology ,Dieta -- Mediterrània, Regió de la ,Meal ,Eating behaviors ,030109 nutrition & dietetics ,Nutrition and Dietetics ,business.industry ,Feeding Behavior ,Maternal education ,Spain ,Educational Status ,Female ,business ,Lifestyle habits ,Demography - Abstract
Background The Mediterranean diet serves as a proxy of a high-quality diet. Although several factors are known to affect a child's ability to follow a high-quality diet, no prospective data are available on factors that influence adherence to a Mediterranean diet among children. Our objective was to investigate the association of Mediterranean diet adherence with eating behaviors, lifestyle habits, and maternal education in a prospective cohort of children. Methods The present prospective cohort analysis included 1639 children aged 8–10 years. The study was carried out during two academic years, 2012/2014, with an average follow-up of 15 months. Eating behaviors, physical activity, and adherence to Mediterranean diet were estimated by the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire for Children, the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children, and the KIDMED index, respectively. Results Multivariate linear regression analysis adjusted for sex, age, maternal education, baseline adherence to the Mediterranean diet, and intervention group revealed a significant (p