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Dietary Patterns, Cardiometabolic and Lifestyle Variables in Greeks with Obesity and Metabolic Disorders

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Influence of Mediterranean Diet on Sexual Function in People with Metabolic Syndrome: A Narrative Review

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Association of Mediterranean Diet with Cardiovascular Risk Factors and with Metabolic Syndrome in Subjects with Long COVID: BioICOPER Study

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Alpine Diet in Valmalenco (Lombardy, Italy): Nutritional Features of Spontaneous Plants and Traditional Dishes

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Mediterranean diet enriched with olive oil shows no consistent benefits on cardiometabolic and anthropometric parameters: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Subclinical Vascular Damage: Current Insights and Future Potential

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Metabolic Disorders in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Coffee as a Panacea? (ANRS CO22 Hepather Cohort)

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Targeting Insulin Resistance Through Nutrition: Pathophysiological Insights and Dietary Interventions

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Peripheral and cognitive benefits of physical exercise in a mouse model of midlife metabolic syndrome

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The effect of laying down posture while using smartphone among school children in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand.

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Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Nutritional Status in Dalmatian Diabetic Hypertensive Patients Regarding Presence of Chronic Kidney Disease—Is There Any Difference?

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Gut microbiome mediates the association between dietary quality and metabolic risk in a heterogeneous adult population

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Low Greenhouse Gas Emission Self-Selective Diets and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adults 40 and Older: A Prospective Cohort Study in South Korea

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Network meta-analysis of the effects of different dietary patterns on patients with metabolic syndrome

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Effects of a Mediterranean diet and structured exercise intervention on selected anthropometric, cardiovascular, and metabolic variables in physically inactive adults: a randomized controlled trial

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The Relationship between the Mediterranean Diet and Vascular Stiffness, Metabolic Syndrome, and Its Components in People over 65 Years of Age

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Metabolic syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus patients under Mediterranean diet

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From adolescence to adulthood: Mediterranean diet adherence and cardiometabolic health in a prospective cohort study

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Adherence to Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay Diet in Relation to Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Concentrations and Metabolic Health Status in Adults

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in two Moroccan populations living at different distances from the Mediterranean Sea

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Research progress and hotspots of the impact of Mediterranean diet on aging from 2004 to 2023: A bibliometric analysis

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The Influence of Plant-Based Diets on Metabolic Syndrome

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Effectiveness of Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet in the Management of Overweight Women: The Prospective Interventional Cohort Study

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Does the Mediterranean Diet Play a Beneficial Role in Managing the Health of Overweight/Obese Breast Cancer Survivors?

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Skin Carotenoid Score as a Potential Early Biomarker of Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Adolescents

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Could eight obesity-related indices be effective in predicting the risk of metabolic syndrome in young and middle-aged adults? A cross-sectional study

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Children-Dietary Inflammatory Index and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Children with Overweight and Obesity: Are They Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Parameters?

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Diet, body composition and metabolic and hormonal profile in women at high risk of breast cancer recurrence: A secondary mediation analysis of the DIANA-5 trial

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Human Nutrition: The Concept of a Balanced Diet

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Mediterranean Diet: How Useful is it in Kidney Transplant Patients?

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Randomized Mediterranean diet intervention to reverse metabolic syndrome: Preliminary findings at 6-month follow-up

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Beneficial Effects of Olive Oil and the Mediterranean Diet on Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia: A Review

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Impact of a Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention on Dietary Habits, Anthropometric and Psychological Outcomes, and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Telomere Length in Adults

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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet: Microbiota and Non-Communicable Diseases

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Metabolic syndrome in systemic lupus erythematosus patients under Mediterranean diet

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Mediterranean Diet and Biomarkers in At-Risk Groups

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Association Between Physical Activity, Mediterranean Diet Adherence, and Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Men and Women with Metabolic Syndrome in Iran: A Cross-sectional Study

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Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention of Metabolic Syndrome: A Narrative Literature Review and Resource for Chiropractors

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Metabolic and Environmental Benefits of Following the Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Recommendations for the Spanish Population: The AWHS Study

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Decoding the Longevity Networks of the Mediterranean Diet: Systems Biology and Multi-Pathway Mechanisms Shaping Healthspan

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An Insight into Plant-based, Vegetarian and Omnivore Dietary Patterns

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Adjunctive Mediterranean Diet in a Middle‐Aged Male With Autoimmune Encephalitis and Generalized Tonic–Clonic Seizures: A Longitudinal Case Report

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Weight loss–independent associations of body composition changes with device-derived metabolic age during Mediterranean diet follow-up

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Mediterranean Diet Adherence and Cardiometabolic, Inflammatory, Hormonal, Body Composition, and Behavioral Health Profiles in Physically Active Young Adults: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is inversely associated with metabolic syndrome occurrence: a meta-analysis of observational studies

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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and risk of metabolic syndrome and its components

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Relationship between the Mediterranean Diet and Metabolic Syndrome and Each of the Components That Form It in Caucasian Subjects: A Cross-Sectional Trial

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Adherence to Mediterranean diet reduces the risk of metabolic syndrome: A 6-year prospective study

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Association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and metabolic syndrome in workers at a multinational company in Madrid. Cross-sectional study

Barbero, L. R., Dueñas, M. D. P. M., Redondo-Lavirgen, M., Ferrández, C., Gómez-Paredes, L., Muñoz-Gutiérrez, J., Pérez-Herreras, C., Gómez‐Gallego, F., & Fernández‐Montero, A. (2026) · Clínica e Investigación en Arteriosclerosis (English Edition) · doi:10.1016/j.artere.2026.500945 · Cited by 1 · see citing works