@misc{10481/85367,
year = {2023},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/85367},
abstract = {The objective of this study was to assess Mediterranean diet (MD) scores (i.e., alignment with a MD pattern) among students and professors, in addition to assessing how adherence to the MD was associated with other lifestyle behaviors. A cross-sectional observational study was conducted with a sample of 127 university professors and 272 students of the Melilla Campus at the University of Granada (Spain). Students were more physically active than professors (mean difference = 1058 METs, p < 0.001) and reported lower negative affect (NA; mean difference = −1.70, p < 0.001) whereas professors reported nominally better perceived mental health. For the total sample, the physical health component (β = 0.03, p = 0.03) and physical activity (β = 0.0001, p = 0.01) were significantly associated with higher MD scores. Health behaviors, including MD scores and physical activity, were suboptimal among both students and professors. The results suggest that a dietary pattern reflective of the MD is positively associated with both physical and mental health outcomes among students and professors, though the direction of the associations remains to be clarified.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Mediterranean diet},
keywords = {hrQOL},
keywords = {Lifestyle},
keywords = {University},
keywords = {Physical Activity},
keywords = {Affect},
title = {A Mediterranean Dietary Pattern Is Associated with Greater Participation in Physical Activity and Better Health-Related Quality of Life among Students and Professors at the Melilla Campus (University of Granada)},
doi = {10.3390/nu15183971},
author = {López Olivares, María and Enrique Mirón, Carmen and Nestares Pleguezuelo, María Teresa},
}