{"id":2102,"date":"2018-06-19T15:43:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T15:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2018-06-29T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T15:44:10","slug":"dietary-interventions-more-effective-in-younger-people-new-research-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/06\/19\/dietary-interventions-more-effective-in-younger-people-new-research-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Dietary interventions more effective in younger people, new research finds."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Short-term dietary interventions based on the Mediterranean diet that are prescribed to reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) are more effective in younger adults, a study by Sheffield Hallam University has found. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the affects of a short-term Mediterranean diet, researchers in the University&#8217;s Centre for Sport and Exercise Science observed better improvements in the physiological functions in 18 to 35-year-olds than older adults aged between 55 and 75.<\/p>\n<p>A group of 24 adults took part in the pilot study and were asked to follow a Mediterranean diet for four weeks. Weight,\u200b \u200bheight,\u200b \u200bwaist\u200b \u200band\u200b \u200bhip circumference,\u200b \u200bblood\u200b \u200bpressure and \u200bheart\u200b \u200brate measurements were taken before and after the trial together with other physiological \u200bassessments.<\/p>\n<p>The study, which has been published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0899900718303721\">Nutrition<\/a>, concluded that a short-term Mediterranean diet \u200boffered physiological benefits in a younger population however, no significant improvements were observed in a senior, healthy population and therefore different durations of dietary interventions should be applied to different age groups.<\/p>\n<p>Leading the study, Dr Markos Klonizakis, said: &#8220;The benefits of a Mediterranean diet are undeniable but there are certain elements that need to be explored further. For example, it is unknown what the optimal duration of a Mediterranean diet is and at which point we start to see cardiovascular benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CVD\u200b \u200baffects\u200b \u200bmore\u200b \u200bthan\u200b \u200b7\u200b \u200bmillion\u200b \u200bpeople\u200b \u200bin the\u200b \u200bUK,\u200b \u200band\u200b \u200bthe\u200b \u200bcost\u200b \u200bof\u200b \u200bmanaging\u200b \u200bcardiovascular\u200b \u200bdiseases\u200b\u200b \u200bis\u200b \u200bmore\u200b \u200bthan\u200b \u200b\u00a328\u200b \u200bbillion per\u200b \u200byear. If we can determine optimal duration for different age groups, we could \u200bhelp\u200b \u200bto\u200b \u200bprovide\u200b \u200ba\u200b \u200bclearer\u200b \u200bstructure\u200b \u200bfor\u200b \u200bhealth\u200b \u200bpractitioners to\u200b \u200bdevelop\u200b more effective \u200binterventions\u200b \u200bfor\u200b \u200bspecific\u200b \u200bpopulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short-term dietary interventions based on the Mediterranean diet that are prescribed to reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) are more effective in younger adults, a study by Sheffield&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2258,"featured_media":2104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"New research by Dr Markos Klonizakis finds that dietary interventions are more effective in younger people.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2018\/06\/Mediterranean-diet-gallery.jpg?fit=1028%2C624&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-xU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4172,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2019\/10\/31\/funding-boost-for-international-research-into-links-between-mediterranean-diet-exercise-and-dementia\/","url_meta":{"origin":2102,"position":0},"title":"Funding boost for international research into links between Mediterranean diet, exercise and dementia","author":"Mark Greene","date":"October 31, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"An international clinical trial involving academics from Sheffield Hallam University exploring the effects of following a Mediterranean diet and regular exercise on those living with dementia has been awarded almost \u00a31 million funding. 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