This paper reviews studies performed to date that have employed cluster or factor analysis
to empirically derive eating patterns. Since 1980, at least 93 studies were published that …

The aim of the present study was to assess the reliability, comparative validity and stability of
dietary patterns defined by factor analysis for participants of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose …

ObjectiveCohort study (the SUN project) to identify dietary determinants of hypertension,
diabetes, obesity and coronary heart disease (CHD), among other conditions. DesignThe …

Adolescence, with its change in dietary habits, is likely to be a vulnerable period in the onset
of obesity. It is considered that peers have an important role to play on adolescents' diet …

Objective: To analyse prevailing food patterns among Spanish children and young people
and their relationship to sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Design: Cross-sectional …

Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide at the turn of the XXI
century [1]. Although it has been projected that by 2020, 71% of deaths due to ischaemic …

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The Mediterranean diet is considered a model for healthy eating.
However, prospective evidence in Mediterranean countries evaluating the relationship …

Objective: To identify dietary patterns in women who are planning immediate pregnancy in
preconception, weeks 6, 10, 26 and 38 of pregnancy, and 6 months postpartum, and to …

Resumen DURA TRAVE, T. y CASTROVIEJO GANDARIAS, A.. Adherencia a la dieta
mediterránea en la población universitaria. Nutr. Hosp.[online]. 2011, vol. 26, n. 3, pp. 602 …

BACKGROUND: Few studies have used dietary pattern analysis, a useful method to
summarize dietary intake, in adolescents. OBJECTIVE: Examine sociodemographic and …