Self-Control in Intertemporal Choice and Mediterranean Dietary Pattern.

ABSTRACT: Background: The Mediterranean Diet (hereinafter MD) is considered a healthy dietary pattern. Adherence to this pattern can be assessed by means of the KIDMED test by which individuals are assigned an index and classified into three groups of adherence to MD: high, medium, and low. In addition, impulsivity or impatience in intertemporal choice has been defined as a strong preference for small immediate rewards over large delayed ones. Objective: This study examines the relationship between dietary habits, specifically Mediterranean dietary pattern, measured by the KIDMED index, and the exhibited impatience in intertemporal choices, by means of the parameter k (discount rate of the hyperbolic discount function). Methods: A sample of 207 university students answere

SUBMITTER: Munoz Torrecillas MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6013565 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature