Meta-analysis of randomized clinical trial data shows Mediterranean diet is good for children and teens

A team of medical researchers from Universidad de Las Américas, in Ecuador, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, in Spain and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, in the U.S., has found evidence suggesting that children and teenagers gain health benefits similar to that of adults from eating the Mediterranean diet. For their paper published in JAMA Open Network, the group analyzed data from nine randomized controlled clinical trials that involved the study of diet in children. Prior evidence has shown that people switching from a traditional western diet to the Mediterranean diet typically experience weight loss, Read More