RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of a Community-Based Behavioral Intervention with a Traditional Atlantic Diet on Cardiometabolic Risk Markers: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (“The GALIAT Study”)
A1 Calvo Malvar, Maria del Mar
A1 Benítez Estévez, Alfonso Javier
A1 Sánchez Castro, Juan
A1 Leis Trabazo, María Rosaura
A1 Gude Sampedro, Francisco
K1 Atlantic diet
K1 Nutritional intervention
K1 Metabolic risk factors
K1 Anthropometric variables
K1 Family-based randomized trial
K1 GALIAT Study
AB The Atlantic diet, the traditional dietary pattern in northern Portugal and northwest Spain, has been related to metabolic health and low ischemic heart disease mortality. The Galiat Study is a randomized controlled trial aimed to assess the effects of the Atlantic diet on anthropometric variables, metabolic profile, and nutritional habits. The dietary intervention was conducted in 250 families (720 adults and children) and performed at a primary care center. Over six months, families randomized to the intervention group received educational sessions, cooking classes, written supporting material, and foods that form part of the Atlantic diet, whereas those randomized to the control group followed their habitual lifestyle. 213 families (92.4%) completed the trial. Adults in the intervention group lost weight as opposed to controls who gained weight (adjusted mean difference −1.1 kg, p < 0.001) and total serum cholesterol (adjusted mean difference −5.2 mg/dL, p = 0.004). Significant differences in favor of the intervention were found in other anthropometric variables and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, but changes in triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, inflammation markers, blood pressure, and glucose metabolism were not observed. A family-based nutritional intervention based on the Atlantic diet showed beneficial effects on adiposity and the lipid profile
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/25492
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/25492
LA eng
NO Nutrients 2021, 13(4), 1211; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13041211
NO This project received funding from the ERDF-Innterconecta for Galicia Program (ITC-20133014 & ITC-20151009), managed by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness
DS Minerva
RD 23 abr 2026