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Effect of a Nutrition Intervention on Mediterranean Diet Adherence Among Firefighters

JAMA Network Open · 12 authors, 11 centres

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The intervention group showed a significant increase in Mediterranean diet adherence scores compared to the control group.

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Improvements were noted in specific dietary components like fish and nut consumption. The findings support multicomponent workplace interventions as a strategy to improve dietary habits in firefighters for chronic disease prevention.

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PMC10436136

Effect of a Nutrition Intervention on Mediterranean Diet Adherence Among Firefighters

JAMA Network Open

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Key Points Question What is the effect of a workplace-based nutritional and behavioral intervention on adherence to Mediterranean diet principles at 12 months? Findings In this cluster randomized clinical trial including 52 fire stations and 485 enrolled US career firefighters, the intervention group achieved significant improvements in Mediterranean diet adherence after a 12-month intervention. Meaning The findings of this study support a multicomponent workplace intervention to change US career firefighters’ eating habits and lifestyle, suggesting further implementation in the US fire service as a chronic disease prevention strategy.

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Maria Soledad Hershey, Chia-Rui Chang, Mercedes Sotos-Prieto et al.. Effect of a Nutrition Intervention on Mediterranean Diet Adherence Among Firefighters. JAMA Network Open. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.29147

AUTHORS

12 · 11 CENTRES

Maria Soledad Hershey, Chia-Rui Chang, Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, Alejandro Fernandez-Montero, Sean B. Cash, Costas A. Christophi, Sara C. Folta, Carolyn Muegge, Vanessa Kleinschmidt, Steven Moffatt, Dariush Mozaffarian, Stefanos N. Kales

1Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
2Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
3Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
4Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red of Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
5Campus of International Excellence (CEI) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
6Department of Occupational Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
7Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain
8Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
9Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, Lemesos, Cyprus
10National Institute for Public Safety Health, Indianapolis, Indiana
11Occupational Medicine, Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Massachusetts