title: [Evaluation of a nutritional intervention among elderly people: the Edumay project].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The adherence to a Mediterranean Dietary Pattern is associated with a morbi-mortality reduction, and with a better quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate a nutritional intervention among independent elderly people enrolled in an educational program to increase the knowledge of the food and daily diets, promoting a healthy dietary pattern.
  
  
  METHODS
  Quasi-experimental design conducted in elderly participants who lived in foster home apartments owned by the City Council of Pamplona (n = 41). The intervention was based on six group sessions and an individual motivational session in a period of three months. Adherence to Mediterranean diet was evaluated through a 14-point scale previously validated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eighty point five per cent of participants were women, with a median age of 79 years, the majority of them widowed (48.8%) and with primary education (58.5%). After the nutritional intervention the percentage of participants who consumed two or more servings of vegetables increased significantly versus the control group (p = 0.042). Similarly, in comparison with the control group, there was an increase in the percentage of participants who consumed three servings per week of legumes (p = 0.042), three or more servings per week of nuts (p = 0.003), and those who consumed preferably meat from chicken, turkey, or rabbit instead of veal, pork, hamburgers, or sausages (p = 0.011).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An intervention based on individual and group sessions improved significantly several parameters of a Mediterranean dietary pattern.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Farmacia Práctica. Dpto. Farmacología. Universidad de Navarra. España.. ebujan@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bujanda Sainz de Murieta
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Farmacia Práctica. Dpto. Farmacología. Universidad de Navarra. España.. gbeitia@unav.es.
authors.forename: Guadalupe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Beitia Berrotaran
authors.affiliation: Dpto. Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Navarra. España. Dpto. de Ciencias de la Alimentación y Fisiología. Universidad de Navarra. España. CIBERobn. Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Madrid. España.. izazpe@unav.es.
authors.forename: Itziar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zazpe
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Farmacia Práctica. Dpto. Farmacología. Universidad de Navarra. España.. blasheras@unav.es.
authors.forename: Berta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lasheras
authors.affiliation: Dpto. Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Navarra. España. CIBERobn. Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Madrid. España.. mbes@unav.es.
authors.forename: Maira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bes-Rastrollo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires