Mediterranean Diet conceptual model and future trends of its use in Portugal.

The aim of this study was to present a new model for the Mediterranean Diet definition and to identify the major trends for the use of the Mediterranean Diet concept by 2028, in Portugal. A Delphi panel was implemented with 28 experts with solid knowledge and understanding of the Mediterranean Diet concept. The first round evaluated the degree of expert self-knowledge, which also contributed to the final questionnaire building.

Mediterranean food pattern Mediterranean diet: a necessary approach?

"Food pattern" and "diet" sometimes are referred with the same meaning. "Food pattern" can be defined by and approaches and refers to the characterisation of foods and frequency of consumption within a population combining with various characteristics. "Diet" may be represented as an individual way of life and considers the food consumption and others like culture, history, society, economy, sustainability, culinary activities, conviviality, physical activity and rest.

Bidirectional association between parental child-feeding practices and body mass index at 4 and 7 y of age.

Background: Evidence of the association between parental child-feeding practices and the child's body mass index (BMI) is controversial, and bidirectional effects have been poorly studied.

Objective: We aimed to examine bidirectional associations between parental child-feeding practices and BMI at 4 and 7 y of age.

Design: This study included 3708 singleton children from the Generation XXI birth cohort with data on parental child-feeding practices and BMI at 4 and 7 y old.

Combination and adaptation of two tools to assess parental feeding practices in pre-school children.

Objective: To test a combined version of the Child Feeding Questionnaire and the expanded concept of parental control ("covert" and "overt") among Portuguese preschool children.

Methods: The final questionnaire comprised 38 items and 9 subscales. The translated questionnaire was self-administered to 854 mothers of 4 year-old children from the Generation XXI birth cohort.

Influence of dietary supplementation with dextrin or oligofructose on the hepatic redox balance in rats.

We assessed the impact of oligofructose (OFS) and dextrin (DEX) as diet supplements on hepatic redox state. Rats were fed either a 10% OFS or a 10% DEX supplemented diet for 9 wk. In the DEX diet group, the levels of hepatic protein carbonylation were decreased by 63%.