A5066222810- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Dietary Effects on Health
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Phytochemistry and Biological Activities
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Sleep and related disorders
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
- Wine Industry and Tourism
University of the Aegean
2017-2025
Introduction: Obesity is a current public health concern. Higher body weight influenced by genetic and environmental parameters, their interplay associated with greater risk for several chronic diseases. Breastfeeding has been suggested as preventive measure against obesity, which can further reduce long-term negative outcomes both women children. Aim: The aim of the present study was to evaluate role breastfeeding on maternal childhood overweight obesity. Materials Methods: This...
This study aims to explore the associations between nutritional status and health-related quality of life, physical activity, sleep in older exclusively Caucasian adults from Greec who were free any severe disease. is a cross-sectional study. Mini Nutritional Assessment was used assess status, life assessed using Short Form Healthy Survey questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, activity levels via International Physical Activity Questionnaire. 3405 community-dwelling men women, over...
Introduction: Cognitive impairment and malnutrition are two important public health issues in the elderly, which have been associated with their mental health.Aims: This study aims to evaluate nutritional status of an elderly population Greece, its association grade cognitive decline, anthropometric measures psychological status.Materials Methods: A total 2092 men women were enrolled from seven Greek cities. Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA), Mental State Examination (MMSE) Geriatric...
The Mediterranean diet (MD) is a beneficial dietary pattern with strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that can promote mental physical human health. This study aims to assess the impact of MD adherence on health-related quality life, activity levels, sleep in representative Greek elderly population.This cross-sectional study. A total 3254 persons ≥65 years from 14 different regions, urban, rural islands participated this study, which 48.4% were female 51.6% male....
Background and Objectives: Childhood obesity is a global public health concern with long-term serious implications. An important factor for childhood maternal gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), which in turn impacts offspring health. This study aimed to investigate the associations between GDM weight status multiple anthropometric sociodemographic factors perinatal outcomes. Materials Methods: A total of 5348 children aged 2-5 years old their paired mothers took part study. Questionnaires...
Pre-pregnancy excess weight is an important factor for adverse maternal perinatal outcomes; however, data Greek women remain limited. Therefore, the aim of present work was to evaluate relation between pre-pregnant status and sociodemographic, anthropometric lifestyle factors outcomes.In cross-sectional study, 5133 healthy were enrolled from nine different regions after applying specific inclusion exclusion criteria. Validated questionnaires used assess sociodemographic characteristics...
Introduction: Nutritional status impacts the survival of patients with cancer. There are few studies that investigate role nutritional on breast cancer in women cancer, and even fewer regarding impact adhering to Mediterranean diet (MD). The present study aims assess status, MD adherence, physical activity levels health-related quality life (HRQOL) diagnosed evaluate these parameters recurrence-free survival. Methods: A total 114 women, aged 35-87 years old, Larissa, Greece, participated...
The present study is a cross-sectional that aimed to investigate the potential associations between depression status, health-related quality of life, physical activity levels and sleep in representative Greek elderly population. Three thousand four hundred five (3405) men women over 65 years old from 14 different regions were enrolled. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used assess Health-Related Quality Life (HRQOL) evaluated using Short Form Health Survey, assessed via International...
The term ‘sustainable diets’ (SDs) was first introduced in the scientific literature 1986 and later defined detail by Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) as pertaining to those diets that can promote environmental health ad effectively ensure food nutrition security well a healthy lifestyle humans, combining notion of sustainability with dietary patterns their beneficial impacts. Since then, various international events have been held promoting significant component production, nutrition,...
Vegetarianism, as a dietary pattern, is characterized by animal product avoidance and increased consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes. It has been associated with health benefits, both physical psychological, raised interest potential strategy for cancer prevention treatment, which remains one the leading causes morbidity mortality worldwide, demanding continual exploration novel approaches. Background/Objectives: This study aims to describe trends in scientific...
Obesity is a complex, chronic and inflammatory disease that affects more than one-third of the world's population, leading to higher incidence diabetes, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, some types cancer. Several phytochemicals are used as flavoring aromatic compounds, also exerting many benefits for public health. This study aims summarize scrutinize beneficial effects most important against obesity. Systematic research current international literature was carried...
Intermittent fasting (IF) diets have been popular since the last few decades because of their provable clinical efficiency on weight control subjects. These diet types are generally safe, resulting in health promoting effects against several human diseases like cardiovascular diseases, diabetes mellitus, neurogenerative disorders and cancer.To review whether IF can act cancer development progression, highlighting potential anticancer molecular mechanisms studies.Applied summarization...
Background and Objectives: Asthma constitutes a constant, prolonged, inflammation-related pulmonary disorder in childhood with serious public health concerns. Several maternal risk factors can enhance the prevalence of its development this stage life; however, currently available data remain contradictory and/or inconsistent. We aim to evaluate potential impacts mothers' sociodemographic, anthropometric prenatal perinatal on developing asthma pre-school children. Materials Methods: This is...
Background and Objectives: In the last decades, simultaneously increasing trends have been recorded for both caesarean section delivery childhood overweight/obesity around world, which are considered serious public health concerns, negatively affecting child health. Aim: The present study aims to investigate whether is associated with increased rates of overweight/obesity, low childbirth anthropometric indices postnatal complications in pre-school age. Materials Methods: This a...