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Low Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Associated with Lower Socio-Economic Status in Spanish School-Aged Children

Earlier this year, a study was published in the journal Appetite by a group of Spanish researchers examining the adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet within school children in Logroño, Spain, and how various socio-demographic and lifestyle factors may influence this

Photo By Brittany Carlson (USAG Stuttgart) (United States Army) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Photo By Brittany Carlson (USAG Stuttgart) (United States Army) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
adherence.

Logroño is located in the well-known wine region of La Rioja in Spain, and within this area, 321 school children between the ages of 11 and 12 from 31 schools were included in the study.

Social and lifestyle factors were determined for each child, in addition to blood pressure, level of physiological and mental development, aerobic fitness, physical activity habits, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

Important findings:

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