Health benefits of the mediterranean diet: An update of research over the last 5 years

Angiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 304-318

  Gotsis, Efthymios ^a   Anagnostis, Panagiotis ^a   Mariolis, Anargyros ^b   Vlachou, Athanasia ^a   Katsiki, Niki ^a   Karagiannis, Asterios ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Health Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; cancer; cardiovascular disease; carotid intima media thickness; inflammation; Mediterranean diet; metabolic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELEMENTAL DIET; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NEOPLASM; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TIME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84927509540     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: 19401574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319714532169     Document Type: Review

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