Research
Adherence
A multicomponent workplace-based Mediterranean diet intervention significantly improves adherence to Mediterranean diet principles in career firefighters over 12 months.
To improve your diet, don't just rely on knowing what to eat. Change your environment. Make healthy food cheaper and more available (discounts, samples). Get your family and coworkers involved. Use reminders and cooking demos to make the new habits easier to stick with over the long term.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
In this 1-year cluster-randomized clinical trial, we found that a multicomponent behavioral/environmental Mediterranean nutrition intervention significantly improved Mediterranean diet adherence among career firefighters.
Why this rating
Cluster randomized clinical trial with a large sample size (N=485) and long duration (12 months), though with some attrition.
Source
Effect of a Nutrition Intervention on Mediterranean Diet Adherence Among Firefighters
María Soledad Hershey et al. · JAMA Network Open · 2023
rct · n=485Cited 16×
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