Association of Adherence to Specific Mediterranean Diet Components and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Young Adults

Objective: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and a healthy diet may be part of an overall healthy lifestyle. The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and adherence to an overall Mediterranean Diet (MedD) pattern and specific MedD foods has been assessed. Design: Subjects completed a lifestyle...

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Authors: Santi-Cano, Maria Jose, Novalbos-Ruiz, Jose Pedro, Bernal-Jimenez, Maria Angeles, Bibiloni Esteva, Maria Del Mar, Tur, Josep A, Rodriguez Martin, Amelia
Format: article
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
Repository:Repisalud
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repisalud.isciii.es:20.500.12105/22951
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/22951
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Nuts
Cardiorespiratory fitness
Mediterranean diet adherence
Dieta Mediterránea
Fenómenos Fisiológicos en la Nutrición Deportiva
Dieta Saludable
Estudiantes
Capacidad Cardiovascular
Femenino
Masculino
Conducta Alimentaria
Encuestas sobre Dietas
Estudios Transversales
Cooperación del Paciente
Humanos
Adulto Joven
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Adulto
España
Young Adult
Spain
Adult
Sports Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Feeding Behavior
Humans
Diet Surveys
Cross-Sectional Studies
Male
Diet, Healthy
Patient Compliance
Female
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Diet, Mediterranean
Students
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Summary:Objective: Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) and a healthy diet may be part of an overall healthy lifestyle. The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and adherence to an overall Mediterranean Diet (MedD) pattern and specific MedD foods has been assessed. Design: Subjects completed a lifestyle survey and dietary pattern, using the validated MedD Adherence 14-item questionnaire and two self-reported 24-h dietary recalls. Participants' height, body weight, waist circumference (WC), and CRF (maximum oxygen uptake, VO2max, ml/kg/min) were measured. Setting: University of Cadiz, Spain. Subjects: A sample of young adults (n = 275, 22.2 +/- 6.3 years). Results: Mean VO2max was 43.9 mL/kg/min (SD 8.5 mL/kg/min). Most participants had healthy CRF (75.9%). The average MedD score was 6.2 points (SD 1.8 points). Participants who consumed more servings of nuts had higher VO2max. Those who showed low CRF performed less physical activity (PA) and had a higher body mass index (BMI) and WC compared with those classified as having healthy CRF. Nut consumption was positively associated with VO2max (beta = 0.320; 95% CI 2.4, 10.7; p < 0.002), adjusting for sex, age, smoking PA, BMI, WC, and energy intake, showing the subjects who consumed more nuts were fitter than young adults who consumed less. Conclusions: CRF is positively associated with nut consumption but not with the overall MedD pattern and all other MedD foods in the young adults. The subjects who consumed more servings of nuts were fitter than young adults who consumed less. Moreover, fitter subjects performed more PA and had a lower BMI and WC than those who had lower fitness levels.

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