Defining diet quality: a synthesis of dietary quality metrics and their validity for the double burden of malnutrition

V Miller, P Webb, R Micha… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Achieving most of the UN Sustainable Development Goals requires a strong focus on
addressing the double burden of malnutrition, which includes both diet-related maternal and …

Nutrition and cardiovascular disease: finding the perfect recipe for cardiovascular health

A Ravera, V Carubelli, E Sciatti, I Bonadei, E Gorga… - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
The increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) despite the progress in
management entails the need of more effective preventive and curative strategies. As dietary …

Global, regional, and national burden of disease study of atrial fibrillation/flutter, 1990–2019: results from a global burden of disease study, 2019

H Li, X Song, Y Liang, X Bai, WS Liu-Huo, C Tang… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Data from the Global Burden of Disease, Injury, and Risk Factor Study
2019 (GBD 2019) was used to assess the burden and change in prevalence, incidence …

Adherence to Mediterranean diet among Lebanese university students

J Karam, MM Bibiloni, M Serhan, JA Tur - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Scarce studies described eating habits and diet quality among university students in
Lebanon. The aim of this study is to assess the rate of adherence to the Mediterranean diet …

The association between plant-based dietary patterns and risk of breast cancer: a case–control study

S Rigi, SM Mousavi, S Benisi-Kohansal… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Limited data are available, linking the plant-based diets to breast cancer (BC). We examined
the association of overall plant-based diet index (PDI), hypothesized healthful (hPDI) and …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: the application of a priori diet quality scores to cardiovascular disease risk—a critical evaluation of current scoring systems

GS Aljuraiban, R Gibson, LMO Griep, N Okuda… - Advances in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Healthy dietary habits are the cornerstone of cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention.
Numerous researchers have developed diet quality indices to help evaluate and compare …

Exploring the impact of sociodemographic characteristics and health literacy on adherence to dietary recommendations and food literacy

AI Forray, MA Coman, RM Cherecheș, CM Borzan - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study investigates food literacy-related abilities and adherence to dietary
recommendations in relation to sociodemographic characteristics and health-related …

Diet quality indices and their associations with all-cause mortality, CVD and type 2 diabetes mellitus: an umbrella review

A Brlek, M Gregorič - British Journal of Nutrition, 2023 - cambridge.org
Numerous observational studies have investigated associations between diet indices and
health outcomes. Our aim was to systematically synthesise data that was previously …

Comparing the risk of cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality in four lifestyles with a combination of high/low physical activity and healthy/unhealthy diet: a …

A Kazemi, N Sasani, Z Mokhtari, A Keshtkar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background In this study, we assessed the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and all-
cause mortality in subjects having an only physical activity or a healthy diet or both …

Coronary heart disease in the Middle East and North Africa: current status and future goals

MI Traina, W Almahmeed, A Edris… - Current atherosclerosis …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The Middle East and North Africa has witnessed a dramatic
transformation over the last 30 years caused by rapid urbanization and modernization and …