Higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet is related to more subjective happiness in adolescents: the role of health-related quality of life

(2019) Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and subjective happiness of 527 Spanish adolescents were evaluated along with their adherence to the Mediterranean Diet (MD). The use of Pearson’s correlations and hierarchical linear regression analysis supported a positive association of MD adherence with higher HRQOL and subjective happiness scores. Several subscales of HRQOL such as emotional well-being, mood and emotions, financial resources and social acceptance were seen to have a mediation effect in the association between MD adherence and subjective happiness after employing the macro PROCESS for SPSS. Ferrer-Cascales et al encourages further research on other factors that may mediate the association found in this study. [NPID: mood, well-being, quality of life, Spain, Med diet, Mediterranean Diet, emotions, social acceptance, financial resources]

Year: 2019

Reference: Ferrer-Cascales, R., Albaladejo-Blázquez, N., Ruiz-Robledillo, N., Clement-Carbonell, V., Sánchez-SanSegundo, M., & Zaragoza-Martí, A. (2019). Higher Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet is Related to More Subjective Happiness in Adolescents: The Role of Health-Related Quality of Life. Nutrients, 11(3), 698. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11030698