| Title |
Definitions and potential health benefits of the Mediterranean diet: views from experts around the world
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-12-112 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Antonia Trichopoulou, Miguel A Martínez-González, Tammy YN Tong, Nita G Forouhi, Shweta Khandelwal, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Dariush Mozaffarian, Michel de Lorgeril |
| Abstract |
The Mediterranean diet has been linked to a number of health benefits, including reduced mortality risk and lower incidence of cardiovascular disease. Definitions of the Mediterranean diet vary across some settings, and scores are increasingly being employed to define Mediterranean diet adherence in epidemiological studies. Some components of the Mediterranean diet overlap with other healthy dietary patterns, whereas other aspects are unique to the Mediterranean diet. In this forum article, we asked clinicians and researchers with an interest in the effect of diet on health to describe what constitutes a Mediterranean diet in different geographical settings, and how we can study the health benefits of this dietary pattern. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 10 | 14% |
| Spain | 10 | 14% |
| United States | 7 | 10% |
| Australia | 6 | 9% |
| Norway | 2 | 3% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 29 | 41% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 44 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 13 | 19% |
| Scientists | 10 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 800 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Philippines | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 791 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 156 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 103 | 13% |
| Researcher | 79 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 77 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 41 | 5% |
| Other | 146 | 18% |
| Unknown | 198 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 188 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 119 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 81 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 38 | 5% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 21 | 3% |
| Other | 108 | 14% |
| Unknown | 245 | 31% |
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