Health-Related Quality of Life in Childhood and Adolescence: The Interrelation with Level of Adherence to Mediterranean Diet and Dietary Trajectories: Highlights from the DIATROFI Program (2021-2022)

Children's dietary habits can have a key role in contributing to an improvement in their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). This study aims to assess the connection between Mediterranean diet adherence and HRQoL in a sample of Greek students, utilizing data from the DIATROFI program. The p...

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Published in:Nutrients 2023-04, Vol.15 (8), p.1829
Main Authors: Diamantis, Dimitrios V, Katsas, Konstantinos, Kalogiannis, Dimitrios, Kouvari, Matina, Linos, Athena
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adolescent
Bioethics
Child
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
DIATROFI program
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean - psychology
Eating behavior
Emotions
Ethics
Families & family life
Feeding Behavior
Food
Health aspects
Humans
Meals
Mediterranean diet
Mental health
Missing data
Nutrition research
Parents & parenting
Pediatric research
Physiology
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Response rates
Schools
Sociodemographics
Students
Surveys
Teenagers
wellbeing
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Summary:Children's dietary habits can have a key role in contributing to an improvement in their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). This study aims to assess the connection between Mediterranean diet adherence and HRQoL in a sample of Greek students, utilizing data from the DIATROFI program. The parents of 3774 students (mean age 7.8 (2.6) years) reported their children's HRQoL and level of adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern at the beginning and end of the 2021-2022 school year. At baseline, most students' adherence was characterized as moderate (55.2%) or high (25.1%). Students with moderate or high adherence tο the Mediterranean diet were less likely to report a total HRQoL below the median at baseline (OR = 0.56, 95%CI = 0.44, 0.70), along with all its dimensions (physical, emotional, social, and school functions). A one-unit improvement in KIDMED score was associated with the likelihood of an improvement in total HRQoL (OR = 1.09, 95%CI = 1.02, 1.17), emotional (OR = 1.09, 95%CI = 1.02, 1.17), and social functions (OR = 1.13, 95%CI = 1.05, 1.22), but not with physical and school functions. The health benefits of the Mediterranean diet in children may not be limited to disease prevention but also extend to their overall wellbeing.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu15081829