Decline of the Mediterranean diet at a time of economic crisis. Results from the Moli-sani study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 853-860

  Bonaccio, M ^a   Di Castelnuovo, A ^a   Bonanni, A ^b   Costanzo, S ^a   De Lucia, F ^c   Persichillo, M ^a   Zito, F ^d   Donati, M B ^a   de Gaetano, G ^a   Iacoviello, L ^a  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b Epicomed Research   (Italy)

^c Associazione Cuore Sano ONLUS   (Italy)

^d 'F Veneziale' Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular risk; Economic crisis; Mediterranean diet; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ITALY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904721585     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: 15903729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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