RT journal article
T1 Association of Adherence to Specific Mediterranean Diet Components and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Young Adults
A1 Santi Cano, Josefa
A1 Novalbos Ruiz, José Pedro
A1 Bernal Jiménez, María Ángeles
A1 Bibiloni, María del Mar
A1 Tur, Josep A.
A1 Rodríguez Martín, Amelia
A2 BiomedicinaBiotecnología y Salud Pública
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 nuts
K1 cardiorespiratory fitness
K1 Mediterranean diet adherence
AB 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.
PB MDPI
SN 2072-6643
YR 2020
FD 2020-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23152
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23152
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026