Catarina Costa, Lídia Guimarães, Ruxanda Lungu Baião, Marina Serra de Lemos, Luís Filipe Azevedo, Milena Paneque
The urgency for a change in genetics healthcare provision: views from Portuguese medical geneticists
Journal of community genetics
substantial evidence embraced nutrition competence mediterranean diet md healthy model decreasing risk chronic diseases increasing longevity bonus ensuring environmental sustainability measuring adherence diet marginally investigated arabian gulf region area away mediterranean region current study aimed assess md adherence among adults sharjahthe united arab emirates uae identify influential predictors md adherence among study participants crosssectional study design employed using selfreported webbased electronic questionnaire questioned sociodemographics lifestyle factors familiarity md md adherence assessed mediterranean diet adherence screener validated questionnaire adherence level classified low total score 05 medium score 67 high 813 study included 1314 participants age 2552 years comprised 822 626 females 492 374 males moderate adherence score 59 19 among study participants food constituent expressed lowest contribution md fish 93 followed fruits 123 legumes 183 multivariable linear regression analysis showed overall significant linear trend association md adherence score physical activity nutrition information dietitians social media two strongly related predictors higher adherence 0747 95 ci 051098 060 95 ci 0269093 p 0001 respectively side smoker nonmediterranean country associated lower adherence scores 0538 95 ci 0252082 p 0001 findings current study showed moderate adherence low proportion high adherence gap familiarity diet name married physically active nonsmoker getting nutrition information dietitians social media strongest predictors higher adherence warranted public health nutrition specialistsdietitians tailor new modern approaches promoting healthy dietary behaviours consistent md