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June 27, 2019
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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in metabolically healthy and unhealthy overweight and obese European adolescents: the HELENA study

Publicated to: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION. 58 (7): 2615-2623 - 2019-10-01 58(7), DOI: 10.1007/s00394-018-1809-8

Authors:

Arenaza, L; Huybrechts, I; Ortega, FB; Ruiz, JR; De Henauw, S; Manios, Y; Marcos, A; Julián, C; Widhalm, K; Bueno, G; Kersting, M; Kafatos, A; Breidenassel, C; Pedrero-Chamizo, R; Gottrand, F; González-Gross, M; Moreno, LA; Labayen, I
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Affiliations

CHU Lille - Author
CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Alimentos y Nutricion (ICTAN) - Author
CSIC, Inst Food Sci Technol & Nutr ICTAN, Dept Metab & Nutr, Inst Frio,Immunonutr Res Grp, Madrid, Spain - Author
Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung - Author
Harokopio Univ, Dept Nutr & Dietet, Athens, Greece - Author
Harokopio University - Author
Int Agcy Res Canc, Dietary Exposure Assessment Grp, Lyon, France - Author
International Agency for Research on Cancer - Author
Jeanne de Flandre Childrens Univ Hosp, Dept Pediat, Lille, France - Author
Med Univ Vienna, Dept Pediat, Div Nutr & Metab, Vienna, Austria - Author
Medizinische Universitat Wien - Author
Res Inst Child Nutr, Dortmund, Germany - Author
Univ Bonn, Dept Nutr & Food Sci, Bonn, Germany - Author
Univ Crete, Sch Med, Iraklion, Greece - Author
Univ Ghent, Dept Publ Hlth, Ghent, Belgium - Author
Univ Granada, Fac Sport Sci, Dept Phys & Sports Educ, PROmoting FITness & Hlth Phys Act Res Grp PROFITH, Granada, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Fac Phys Act & Sport Sci INEF, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Publ Navarra, Inst Innovat & Sustainable Dev Food Chain IS FOOD, Pamplona 31006, Navarra, Spain - Author
Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Med, Dept Prevent Med, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Author
Univ Zaragoza, GENUD Growth Exercise Nutr & Dev Res Grp, Zaragoza, Spain - Author
Universidad de Granada - Author
Universidad de Zaragoza - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Universidad Pública de Navarra - Author
Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP - Author
Universitat Bonn - Author
Universiteit Gent - Author
University of Crete Medical School - Author
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Abstract

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: To examine the adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern (MDP) in metabolically healthy overweight or obese (MHO) and metabolically unhealthy obese (MUO) European adolescents. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 137 overweight/obese adolescents aged 12–17 years old from the HELENA study were included. Height, weight, waist circumference and skinfold thickness were measured and body mass index and body fat percent were calculated. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure, glucose, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides and cardiorespiratory fitness (20 m shuttle run test) were measured. MHO and MUO phenotypes were categorized following the Jolliffe and Janssen criteria. Two non-consecutive 24 h recalls were used for dietary intake assessment and the adherence to the MDP was calculated using the Mediterranean dietary pattern score (MDP score) (range 0–9). Results: A total of 45 (22 girls) adolescents (32.8%) were categorized as MHO. The adherence to the MDP was significantly higher in MHO than in MUO adolescents regardless of age, sex, body fat percentage, energy intake and center (MDP score: 4.6 ± 1.6 vs. 3.9 ± 1.5, p = 0.036), but this difference became non-significant after further adjustment for cardiorespiratory fitness. Participants who had a low adherence to the MDP (MDP score ≤ 4) had a higher likelihood of having MUO phenotype regardless of sex, age, energy intake, center and body fat percentage (OR 2.2; 95% CI 1.01–4.81, p = 0.048). Conclusions: Adherence to the MDP might be beneficial to maintain metabolic health in overweight/obese adolescents, yet cardiorespiratory fitness seems to play a key role on the metabolic phenotype.
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Keywords

adolescentscardiorespiratory fitnessmediterranean dietmetabolic healthAdolescentAdolescentsAssociationCardiorespiratory fitnessCardiovascular riskChildChildrenCross-sectional studiesDiet, mediterraneanEuropeFatnessFemaleHeartHumansLife-styleMaleMediterranean dietMetabolic healthMetabolic syndromeNutritionNutritional statusObesityOverweightPatient compliancePredictorsPrevalence

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position 16/89, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Nutrition & Dietetics.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.28. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 1.92 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 35
  • Scopus: 39
  • Europe PMC: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 155.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 153 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/85946/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 118
  • Downloads: 2
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Austria; Belgium; Brazil; France; Germany; Greece; Sudan.

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