| dc.description.abstract | Objectives: Several epidemiological studies have suggested a cardioprotective role of the
Mediterranean Diet. The aim was to investigate the quality of food habits (and gender
differences) in the population of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia
Methods: Ninety-five patients diagnosed with schizophrenia (51 male, mean age
46.11±11.61) were included. A Short Mediterranean-diet questionnaire was used.
Results: 67.4% had one meal with vegetables, and 80% one meal with fruit daily. 58.9% did
not drink soda, while almost none of the subjects (2.1%) drank wine. Only 5.4% ate more
than 3 meals with legumes per week. 40% of participants did not eat any fish at all. 64.8%
male and 56.8% female were tobacco smokers. 7.8% male and 18.2% female used olive oil in
their diet. Men had statistically significant more portions of meat than women (F=8.1;
p<0.05). Regarding the intake of fruit, vegetables,legumes, soda, wine, fish, nuts and
concentrated sugar, there was no statistically significant difference.
Conclusion: Our results found that people suffering from schizophrenia had bad dietary
habits, which is in line with findings of the prior research. Interestingly, we did not find
significant differences consider gender regarding this population food intake. | en_US |
