TY - JOUR
T1 - Mediterranean diet and wellbeing
T2 - evidence from a nationwide survey
AU - Moreno-Agostino, Darío
AU - Caballero, Francisco Félix
AU - Martín-María, Natalia
AU - Tyrovolas, Stefanos
AU - López-García, Pilar
AU - Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando
AU - Haro, Josep Maria
AU - Ayuso-Mateos, José Luis
AU - Miret, Marta
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (co-funded by the European Union European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) ‘A Way to Build Europe’) under Grants PI12/ 01490, PI13/00059 and CD15/00019; Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports under Grant FPU15/02634; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid under Grant FPI-UAM; and Foundation for Education and European Culture (IPEP).
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (co-funded by the European Union European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) ?A Way to Build Europe?) under Grants PI12/01490, PI13/00059 and CD15/00019; Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports under Grant FPU15/02634; Universidad Aut?noma de Madrid under Grant FPI-UAM; and Foundation for Education and European Culture (IPEP).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/3/4
Y1 - 2019/3/4
N2 - Objective: Although there is some evidence of the association between specific food groups, such as plant foods, and subjective wellbeing, this is the first study to assess the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern and subjective wellbeing. Design: Data were collected in 2014–2015, within the Edad con Salud project, a follow-up study of a multistage clustered survey on a representative sample of the population of Spain. The final sample comprised 2397 individuals with ages ranging from 21 to 101 years. Main outcome measures: Experienced wellbeing (positive and negative affect) was measured using the Day Reconstruction Method, and evaluative wellbeing was assessed with the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. Results: A higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet showed a small but statistically significant inverse relationship with negative affect (β = −0.076, p=.001), and direct with evaluative wellbeing (β = 0.053, p=.015), whereas it was not related to positive affect. Several components of the Mediterranean diet were independently associated with wellbeing. Conclusion: The results suggest that adherence to a dietary pattern such as the Mediterranean diet, and not only the isolated consumption of its components, is associated with a better subjective wellbeing.
AB - Objective: Although there is some evidence of the association between specific food groups, such as plant foods, and subjective wellbeing, this is the first study to assess the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern and subjective wellbeing. Design: Data were collected in 2014–2015, within the Edad con Salud project, a follow-up study of a multistage clustered survey on a representative sample of the population of Spain. The final sample comprised 2397 individuals with ages ranging from 21 to 101 years. Main outcome measures: Experienced wellbeing (positive and negative affect) was measured using the Day Reconstruction Method, and evaluative wellbeing was assessed with the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale. Results: A higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet showed a small but statistically significant inverse relationship with negative affect (β = −0.076, p=.001), and direct with evaluative wellbeing (β = 0.053, p=.015), whereas it was not related to positive affect. Several components of the Mediterranean diet were independently associated with wellbeing. Conclusion: The results suggest that adherence to a dietary pattern such as the Mediterranean diet, and not only the isolated consumption of its components, is associated with a better subjective wellbeing.
KW - Day Reconstruction Method
KW - evaluative wellbeing
KW - experienced wellbeing
KW - Mediterranean diet
KW - subjective wellbeing
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U2 - 10.1080/08870446.2018.1525492
DO - 10.1080/08870446.2018.1525492
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30320519
AN - SCOPUS:85055125157
SN - 0887-0446
VL - 34
SP - 321
EP - 335
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
IS - 3
ER -
