TY - GEN AU - Monteagudo Sánchez, Celia AU - Mariscal Arcas, Miguel AU - Lorenzo Tovar, María Luisa AU - Tur Marí, Josep Antoni AU - Olea Serrano, Fátima PY - 2015 SN - 1932-6203 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10481/36956 AB - Background and Aims: Numerous studies have demonstrated a relationship between Mediterranean Diet (MD) adherence and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and diabetes, etc. The study aim was to validate a novel instrument to measure... AB - Methods and Results: The study included 1,155 women aged 12-83 yrs, classified as adolescents, adults, and over-60-yr-olds. All completed a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). The Mediterranean Dietary Serving Score... AB - Conclusions: The MDSS is an updated, easy, valid, and accurate instrument to assess MD adherence based on the consumption of foods and food groups per meal, day, and week. It may be useful in future nutritional education programs to prevent the... LA - eng PB - Public Library of Science (Plos) KW - Diet KW - Food consumption KW - Food KW - Meat KW - Adolescents KW - Age groups KW - Elderly KW - Vegetable oils TI - Proposal of a Mediterranean Diet Serving Score DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0128594 ER -