Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in medical students.

OBJECTIVE: The protective effect of the Mediterranean Diet (MeDi) is undisputed. However, adherence to MeDi has decreased in recent years, particularly in young people. The aim of this study was to evaluate adherence to MeDi in medical students and to assess the influence of knowledge acquisition as well as other factors on dietary compliance. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted on medical students. The data were obtained through anonymous surveys that collected demographic characteristics, medical history, alcohol and tobacco consumption, physical activity and adherence to MeDi ­ using 14-point Mediterranean Diet Adherence Score (MEDAS) ­. Adherence to MeDi and related factors were evaluated by univariate and multivariable analysis. PARTICIPANTS: Medical students from the first to the sixth year of the 2018­2019 academic year. SETTING: The study was conducted at the university of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. RESULTS: Of 589 respondents (73 % women) mean aged 22 years (range 18­39), 58·9 % showed good adherence to MeDi. Adherence was significantly associated with age (P = 0·017) but not with sex or the presence of comorbidities. Independently, adherence to MeDi was higher in last academic courses (OR = 2·1; 95 % CI = 1·3, 3·2; P = 0·001), in those who consumed alcohol more frequently (OR = 1·5; 95 % CI = 1·0, 2·1; P = 0·039) and in those who practiced more exercise (OR = 1·5; 95 % CI = 1·2, 1·9; P < 0·001). CONCLUSIONS: Half of all medical students did not have a good adherence to MeDi. Adherence was higher at older age in higher academic years and related to greater physical activity. It would be convenient to quantify dietary knowledge as well as implement nutritional educational programmes, favouring a healthy lifestyle.

El ABC para el diagnóstico y prevención de las enfermedades genéticas en la atención primaria de salud / Essentials of diagnosis and prevention of genetic diseases in the primary health care

Los programas para la prevención de las enfermedades genéticas logran reducir las nefastas consecuencias que estas producen en la población. Por ello, es fundamental que la preparación del personal que de una forma u otra está vinculado al Programa Materno-Infantil, sea lo más completa y actualizada posible. La docencia relacionada con estos temas se imparte desde el pregrado, en el segundo año de la carrera de Medicina, y también en la enseñanza posgraduada, en el segundo año de la residencia en Medicina General Integral, a través de la asignatura Genética Médica. La importancia que reviste este tema sirvió de fundamento para la confección del presente folleto, que tuvo como punto de partida una revisión bibliográfica sobre los temas correspondientes a la aplicación del programa de diagnóstico y prevención de enfermedades genéticas, en el contexto de la práctica del asesoramiento genético. El objetivo de este folleto es ofrecer los elementos teóricos básicos, necesarios para facilitar las acciones de salud en la comunidad, que pueden ser posteriormente profundizados mediante la revisión de la bibliografía convencional(AU)

Programs aimed at preventing genetic diseases reduce their fatal consequences among the population.Therefore, it is important to correctly prepare the medical staff working in the Maternal-Infant Program. Subjects related with these issues are thought since the pre-graduate education, in the second year of Medicine studies and in the postgraduate courses as part of theGeneral Comprehensive Medicine residency within the subject Medical Genetics. The importance of this topicsupported the creation of this pamphlet, based on a bibliographical review of the subject related with the implementation of the diagnosis and prevention programfor genetic disease within the practice of genetic advising. The objective of this pamphlet is to provide the basic theoretical elements to facilitate theimplementation of health actions in the community, which can be further review using the conventional bibliography(AU)