Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns

Abundant and growing evidence has accrued to demonstrate that the traditional Mediterranean diet is likely to be the ideal dietary pattern for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. A landmark randomized trial (PREDIMED) together with many well-conducted long-term observational prospective coho...

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Main Author: Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel)
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Published: Bio Med Central 2017
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description Abundant and growing evidence has accrued to demonstrate that the traditional Mediterranean diet is likely to be the ideal dietary pattern for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. A landmark randomized trial (PREDIMED) together with many well-conducted long-term observational prospective cohort studies support this causal effect. A new, large British cohort study by Tong et al. assessing the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease was recently published in BMC Medicine. Using a superb methodology, they followed-up 23,902 participants for 12.2 years on average and observed several thousand incident cases. The results of this cohort study showed a significant beneficial effect of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular events. These findings support the transferability of this dietary pattern beyond the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The authors provided measures of population impact in cardiovascular prevention and estimated that 19,375 cases of cardiovascular death would be prevented each year in the UK by promoting the Mediterranean Diet.
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spelling oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171-431732022-06-29T09:41:39Z Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel) Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Salud pública Mediterranean diet Cardiovascular disease Primary prevention Obesity Clinical trial Abundant and growing evidence has accrued to demonstrate that the traditional Mediterranean diet is likely to be the ideal dietary pattern for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. A landmark randomized trial (PREDIMED) together with many well-conducted long-term observational prospective cohort studies support this causal effect. A new, large British cohort study by Tong et al. assessing the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease was recently published in BMC Medicine. Using a superb methodology, they followed-up 23,902 participants for 12.2 years on average and observed several thousand incident cases. The results of this cohort study showed a significant beneficial effect of the Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular events. These findings support the transferability of this dietary pattern beyond the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The authors provided measures of population impact in cardiovascular prevention and estimated that 19,375 cases of cardiovascular death would be prevented each year in the UK by promoting the Mediterranean Diet. 2017-03-29T08:19:20Z 2017-03-29T08:19:20Z 2016 info:eu-repo/semantics/article https://hdl.handle.net/10171/43173 eng info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/340918 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Bio Med Central
spellingShingle Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Salud pública
Mediterranean diet
Cardiovascular disease
Primary prevention
Obesity
Clinical trial
Martinez-Gonzalez, M.A. (Miguel Ángel)
Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns
title Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns
title_full Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns
title_fullStr Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns
title_full_unstemmed Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns
title_short Benefits of the Mediterranean diet beyond the Mediterranean Sea and beyond food patterns
title_sort benefits of the mediterranean diet beyond the mediterranean sea and beyond food patterns
topic Materias Investigacion::Ciencias de la Salud::Salud pública
Mediterranean diet
Cardiovascular disease
Primary prevention
Obesity
Clinical trial
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