Abstract Purpose of Review Obesity is a chronic disease, a major public health problem due
to its association with non-communicable diseases and all-cause mortality. Indeed, people …

Background and aim While the Mediterranean diet (MD) is promoted in non-Mediterranean
countries, inhabitants of Mediterranean countries seem to be shifting away from this healthy …

Our aim is evaluating the changes in weight and dietary habits in a sample of outpatients
with obesity after 1 month of enforced lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northern …

Central obesity is associated with chronic low-grade inflammation, and is a risk factor for
cardiometabolic syndrome. The Mediterranean diet pattern has a convincing evidence-base …

Findings from earlier studies on the association between adherence to a Mediterranean diet
and risk of overweight/obesity were inconsistent. We summarized cohort studies …

A Body Shape Index (ABSI) was specifically developed as a transformation of waist
circumference (WC), statistically independent of BMI to better evaluate the relative …

The prevalence of being overweight and obese has been expanded dramatically in recent
years worldwide. Obesity usually occurs when the energetic introit overtakes energy …

Eating behavior can change during aging due to physiological, psychological, and social
changes. Modifications can occur at different levels:(1) in food choice,(2) in eating habits …

The Mediterranean diet (MD) is considered a model for good health, and is promoted
worldwide as one of the healthiest dietary patterns. Despite the MD's health benefits, the …

Objective The relationship of diet quality assessed by established indices (HEI‐2010, AHEI‐
2010, aMED, DASH) with adiposity measures was examined, especially visceral adipose …