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María Isabel Covas
Researcher at Carlos III Health Institute
Publications - 65
Citations - 9981
María Isabel Covas is an academic researcher from Carlos III Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Mediterranean diet. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 65 publications receiving 8765 citations.
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Effects of a Mediterranean-Style Diet on Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Randomized Trial
Ramon Estruch,Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,Dolores Corella,Jordi Salas-Salvadó,Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez,María Isabel Covas,Miguel Fiol,Enrique Gómez-Gracia,Mari Carmen Lopez-Sabater,Ernest Vinyoles,Fernando Arós,Manuel Conde,Carlos Lahoz,José Lapetra,Guillermo T. Sáez,Emilio Ros +15 more
TL;DR: The Spanish Ministry of Health (Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria, Red G03/140) as discussed by the authors provided a grant for the Spanish National Institute of Public Health.
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A Short Screener Is Valid for Assessing Mediterranean Diet Adherence among Older Spanish Men and Women
Helmut Schröder,Montserrat Fitó,Ramon Estruch,Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,Dolores Corella,Dolores Corella,Jordi Salas-Salvadó,Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós,Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós,Emilio Ros,Itziar Salaverria,Miquel Fiol,José Lapetra,Ernest Vinyoles,Enrique Gómez-Gracia,Carlos Lahoz,Lluis Serra-Majem,Xavier Pintó,Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez,María Isabel Covas +19 more
TL;DR: The present study assessed the relative and construct validity of the 14-point Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) used in the PREDIMED study, a primary prevention nutrition-intervention trial, and found it is a valid instrument for rapid estimation of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and may be useful in clinical practice.
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Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2-Diabetes with the Mediterranean Diet: Results of the PREDIMED-Reus Nutrition Intervention Randomized Trial
Jordi Salas-Salvadó,Mònica Bulló,Nancy Babio,Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,Núria Ibarrola-Jurado,Josep Basora,Ramon Estruch,María Isabel Covas,Dolores Corella,Fernando Arós,Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez,Emilio Ros +11 more
TL;DR: MedDiets without calorie restriction seem to be effective in the prevention of diabetes in subjects at high cardiovascular risk.
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A 14-Item Mediterranean Diet Assessment Tool and Obesity Indexes among High-Risk Subjects: The PREDIMED Trial
Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,Ana García-Arellano,Ana García-Arellano,Estefanía Toledo,Estefanía Toledo,Jordi Salas-Salvadó,Pilar Buil-Cosiales,Pilar Buil-Cosiales,Dolores Corella,Dolores Corella,María Isabel Covas,Helmut Schröder,Fernando Arós,Enrique Gómez-Gracia,Enrique Gómez-Gracia,Miquel Fiol,Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez,Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez,José Lapetra,Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós,Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós,Lluis Serra-Majem,Lluis Serra-Majem,Xavier Pintó,Miguel A. Muñoz,Julia Wärnberg,Julia Wärnberg,Julia Wärnberg,Emilio Ros,Emilio Ros,Ramon Estruch,Ramon Estruch +32 more
TL;DR: A brief 14-item tool was able to capture a strong monotonic inverse association between adherence to a good quality dietary pattern (Mediterranean diet) and obesity indexes in a population of adults at high cardiovascular risk.
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Cohort Profile: Design and methods of the PREDIMED study
Miguel Ángel Martínez-González,Dolores Corella,Jordi Salas-Salvadó,Emilio Ros,María Isabel Covas,Miquel Fiol,Julia Wärnberg,Fernando Arós,Valentina Ruiz-Gutiérrez,Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós,José Lapetra,Miguel A. Muñoz,José Alfredo Martínez,Guillermo T. Sáez,Lluis Serra-Majem,Xavier Pintó,Maria Teresa Mitjavila,Josep A. Tur,María P. Portillo,Ramon Estruch +19 more
TL;DR: The Spanish Ministry of Health—Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) funded the project for the period 2003–05 and in 2006 a new funding modality was established by ISCIII through the CIBER, which is providing funding for 7 of the original research groups, whereas the other 12 were funded by a new research network.