Author, as appears in the article.: García, S; Bouzas, C; Mateos, D; Pastor, R; Alvarez, L; Rubín, M; Martínez-González, MA; Salas-Salvadó, J; Corella, D; Goday, A; Martínez, JA; Alonso-Gómez, AM; Wärnberg, J; Vioque, J; Romaguera, D; Lopez-Miranda, J; Estruch, R; Tinahones, FJ; Lapetra, J; Serra-Majem, L; Riquelme-Gallego, B; Pintó, X; Gaforio, JJ; Matía, P; Vidal, J; Vázquez, C; Daimiel, L; Ros, E; Bes-Rastrollo, M; Guillem-Saiz, P; Nishi, S; Cabanes, R; Abete, I; Goicolea-Güemez, L; Gómez-Gracia, E; Signes-Pastor, AJ; Colom, A; García-Ríos, A; Castro-Barquero, S; Fernández-García, JC; Santos-Lozano, JM; Vázquez, Z; Sorli, JV; Pascual, M; Castañer, O; Zulet, MA; Vaquero-Luna, J; Basterra-Gortari, FJ; Babio, N; Ciurana, R; Martín-Sánchez, V; Tur, JA
Department: Bioquímica i Biotecnologia
URV's Author/s: Babio Sánchez, Nancy Elvira / Nishi, Stephanie Kimiko / Salas Salvadó, Jorge
Keywords: Sustainable diets Sustainability Mediterranean diet Greenhouse gas emissions Food-frequency questionnaire Environment Carbon dioxide validity sustainable diets sustainability mediterranean diet less meat health environmental impacts environment consumption carbon dioxide
Abstract: Research related to sustainable diets is is highly relevant to provide better understanding of the impact of dietary intake on the health and the environment.To assess the association between the adherence to an energy-restricted Mediterranean diet and the amount of CO2 emitted in an older adult population.Using a cross-sectional design, the association between the adherence to an energy-reduced Mediterranean Diet (erMedDiet) score and dietary CO2 emissions in 6646 participants was assessed.Food intake and adherence to the erMedDiet was assessed using validated food frequency questionnaire and 17-item Mediterranean questionnaire. Sociodemographic characteristics were documented. Environmental impact was calculated through greenhouse gas emissions estimations, specifically CO2 emissions of each participant diet per day, using a European database. Participants were distributed in quartiles according to their estimated CO2 emissions expressed in kg/day: Q1 (≤2.01 kg CO2), Q2 (2.02-2.34 kg CO2), Q3 (2.35-2.79 kg CO2) and Q4 (≥2.80 kg CO2).More men than women induced higher dietary levels of CO2 emissions. Participants reporting higher consumption of vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, whole cereals, preferring white meat, and having less consumption of red meat were mostly emitting less kg of CO2 through diet. Participants with higher adherence to the Mediterranean Diet showed lower odds for dietary CO2 emissions: Q2 (OR 0.87; 95%CI: 0.76-1.00), Q3 (OR 0.69; 95%CI: 0.69-0.79) and Q4 (OR 0.48; 95%CI: 0.42-0.55) vs Q1 (reference).The Mediterranean diet can be environmentally protective since the higher the adherence to the Mediterranean diet, the lower total dietary CO2 emissions. Mediterranean Diet index may be used as a pollution level index.© 2023. The Author(s).
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geociências Environmental sciences Enfermagem Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: stephanie.nishi@urv.cat jordi.salas@urv.cat nancy.babio@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2700-7459 0000-0003-3527-5277
Record's date: 2024-08-03
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-022-00956-7
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Environmental Health. 22 (1): 1-1
APA: García, S; Bouzas, C; Mateos, D; Pastor, R; Alvarez, L; Rubín, M; Martínez-González, MA; Salas-Salvadó, J; Corella, D; Goday, A; Martínez, JA; Alonso- (2023). Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and adherence to Mediterranean diet in an adult population: the Mediterranean diet index as a pollution level index. Environmental Health, 22(1), 1-1. DOI: 10.1186/s12940-022-00956-7
Article's DOI: 10.1186/s12940-022-00956-7
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2023
Publication Type: Journal Publications