Costs of Mediterranean and Western dietary patterns in a Spanish cohort and their relationship with prospective weight change.

Celeste N Lopez (1) , Miguel A Martinez-Gonzalez (2) , Almudena Sanchez-Villegas (3) , Alvaro Alonso (4) , Adriano M Pimenta (5) , Maira Bes-Rastrollo (2)

1 HMS - Harvard Medical School [Boston]
2 University of Navarra
3 ULPGC - University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
4 University of Mimnesota
5 UFMG - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais = Federal University of Minas Gerais [Belo Horizonte, Brazil]

There is a scarcity of studies evaluating the relationship between food costs and adherence to different food patterns and obesity.

Keywords: DIET RB; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY FQ; NUTRITION; OBESITY EPI; affordability; food-frequency; obesity; price; prospective

Celeste N Lopez, Miguel A Martinez-Gonzalez, Almudena Sanchez-Villegas, Alvaro Alonso, Adriano M Pimenta, et al.. Costs of Mediterranean and Western dietary patterns in a Spanish cohort and their relationship with prospective weight change.. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2009, 63 (11), pp.920-n/a. ⟨10.1136/jech.2008.081208⟩. ⟨hal-00477875⟩