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This submission belongs to the session 09. NICEXSM-04: North-Ibero-American Congress on Exp. and Simul. Methods., Valencia, Spain-Talca, Chile-Miami, USA, 2018-2019 of the event MOL2NET'18, Conference on Molecular, Biomed., Comput. & Network Science and Engineering, 4th ed.
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30 Oct, 2018
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Sandra Carrera Juliá, Carlos Barrios Pitarque, José Enrique de la Rubia Ortí, María Luz Moreno Sancho, Eraci Drehmer Rieger, Effect of the Mediterranean diet on body weight and waist circumference in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), in Proceedings of MOL2NET'18, Conference on Molecular, Biomed., Comput. & Network Science and Engineering, 4th ed., 15 January 2018–20 January 2019, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, doi: 10.3390/mol2net-04-05564
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Effect of the Mediterranean diet on body weight and waist circumference in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Sandra Carrera Juliá 1,2
Carlos Barrios Pitarque 3
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José Enrique de la Rubia Ortí 4
María Luz Moreno Sancho 5
Eraci Drehmer Rieger 5
1. Doctoral Degree’s School, Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”, Valencia, Spain
2. Faculty of Medicine and Odontology, Catholic University of Valencia "San Vicente Mártir", Valencia, Spain
3. Institute for Research on Musculoskeletal Disorders, Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”, Valencia, Spain
4. Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”, Valencia, Spain
5. Department of Basic Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”, Torrente, Valencia, Spain
Abstract

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and devastating neurodegenerative disease. It produces a disabling weakness secondary to the selective loss of upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord.

The Mediterranean Diet has been widely studied in the field of neurodegenerative diseases due to its great antioxidant potential and its content in healthy fats. It can produce improvements in anthropometric, metabolic and inflammatory parameters.

The aim of this study is to analyze the effect of the Mediterranean Diet on the anthropometric parameters such as body weight (BW) and waist circumference (WC) in 10 patients with ALS.

The results in the male population showed an average reduction in body weight of 2.42% after 2 months and 4.19% after 4 months. The average reduction in waist circumference was 4.47% and 6.32% after 2 and 4 months, respectively.

In the female population, an average reduction in body weight of 2.34% after 2 months and 4% after 4 months was obtained. The average reduction in waist circumference was 3.54% and 5.51% after 2 and 4 months, respectively.

Patients with ALS may benefit from a dietary pattern based on the Mediterranean Diet.

Keywords
ALS
body weight
waist circumference
Mediterranean Diet
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