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September 10, 2025RIAGE - Revista Ibero-Americana de Gerontologia

Exploring the Association Between Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Health-related Quality of Life: A Cross-sectional study in Active Older Adults

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SASara AlvesSESamuel EncarnaçãoCACarla Agradém

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Overview

Cross-sectional study examines the association of the mediterranean diet with health-related quality of life in older adults, suggesting implications for diet adherence and comorbidities.

Key Points

  • No significant differences in health-related quality of life among adherence levels were observed, apart from the Role-Emotional dimension.
  • High adherence to the mediterranean diet was significantly linked to lower medication use and fewer comorbidities in participants.
  • The research employed self-administered questionnaires and assessed quality of life using the MOS SF-36 and diet adherence through PREDIMED.
  • The findings indicate a need for larger-scale studies to explore the complex dynamics between diet adherence and quality of life in aging populations.

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Alves et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23e02b210217d6478ff94https://doi.org/10.61415/riage.360
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