Food guide of the Mexicanized Mediterranean Diet

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https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n1.4983

Abstract

 

 Objective: To create the infographic of the Mexicanized Mediterranean Diet food guide and evaluate its understanding.

Material and Methods: Descriptive type study, which consisted of two phases, the 1st. The infographic of the Mexicanized Mediterranean Diet food guide was created. 2nd Appreciation and comprehension of the food guide infographic was evaluated online for the university population, including relatives and acquaintances.

Results: 273 participants with an average age of 42, 74% women and 26% men, more than 94% of the participants responded that they understood the infographic in its entirety. DMM is practical, applicable, affordable, understandable, good for humans and the environment.

Conclusion: The Mediterranean Diet can partially or totally prevent metabolic syndrome, the Mexicanized Mediterranean Diet food guide promotes a healthy life and well-being for all ages, supports the objectives of sustainable development, will be a practical, applicable public health tool, affordable, understandable, suitable for promotion in the Mexican population.

Keywords: Mediterranean Diet; Prevention; Dietary guidelines; Metabolic syndrome

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Author Biographies

  • Ángel Sierra, Olmec Tabasco University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona Spain

    Doctor of Medicine (Autonomous University of Barcelona). Member of the Ibero-American Health Marketing Network, Kakawlabs laboratory researcher. Member of the State System of Researchers. Creator of the Mexicanized Mediterranean Diet research line and cocoa as the main representative of it, in his twenty-two-year career he has taught and researched, recently awarded as an advisor at Expo Ciencias Tabasco and Expo Ciencias Nacional 2021.

  • María Fernanda Cortés-García, Nursing student Olmec University, Tabasco

    Bachelor of Nursing Olmeca University

     
  • Yulisa Hernández-Nuñez, Nursing student, Olmec University, Tabasco

    Nursing student Olmeca University, Tabasco

  • Heberto Romeo Priego-Álvarez, Academic Division of Health Sciences of the Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco

    Research Professor of the Academic Division of Health Sciences of the Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Tabasco

    Doctor in Health Sciences (orientation in socio-medical sciences). Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco, Ibero-American Health Marketing Network, Mexico.

  • Jorge Vergara-Galicia, University Center of Tonalá of the University of Guadalajara

    Research Professor at the Tonalá University Center of the University of Guadalajara, Jalisco

    Doctor of Pharmacy. Kakawlabs Mexico Laboratory Researcher.

  • Vanesa Hernández-Díaz, Olmec University, Tabasco

    Professor, Olmec University, Tabasco

    Master in Teaching in Nursing Sciences, Mexico.

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Published

2022-12-16

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How to Cite

Sierra, Ángel, Cortés-García, M. F. ., Hernández-Nuñez, Y., Priego-Álvarez, H. R. ., Vergara-Galicia, J., & Hernández-Díaz, V. (2022). Food guide of the Mexicanized Mediterranean Diet. Horizonte Sanitario, 22(1), 181-190. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n1.4983