The Mediterranean diet in Spain: Adherence trends during the past two decades using the Mediterranean Adequacy Index

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 622-628

  Bach Faig, Anna ^a,c   Fuentes Bol, Carmen ^b   Ramos, Domingo ^b   Carrasco, Josep Lluís ^c   Roman, Blanca ^a   Bertomeu, Isabel F ^a   Cristià, Esther ^a   Geleva, Daniela ^d   Serra Majem, Lluís ^a  

^a Mediterranean Diet Foundation   (Spain)

^b Alimentación y Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food availability; Household food consumption; Mediterranean diet; Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATERING SERVICE; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD SUPPLY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 79955953181     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010002752     Document Type: Article

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