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Abstract

Food systems interact through multiple dimensions including food security, nutrition, and planetary health. This study aims to associate different dietary patterns with sustainable lifestyles in Latin America and Spain. This was an observational, analytical, multicenter, cross-sectional survey study, with a total of 6412 participants. A self-administered questionnaire was developed in an online format in the Google Docs interface. The questionnaire was divided into sections: (1) sociodemographic background: country of residence, age, sex, educational level, socioeconomic aspects, and place of residence; (2) body mass index classification; (3) dietary patterns (Western, vegetarian, vegan, ketogenic, Mediterranean, prudent, or paleolithic diets); and (4) the Sustainable Lifestyles Survey. Multivariate models were applied to adjust for potential confounding factors. The mean age of the participants was 35.2 years (SD 12.7). The majority of participants identified their dietary pattern as omnivorous (41.5%), followed by the Western diet (21.7%) and the Mediterranean diet (12.7%). Plant-based, vegan (β: 14.90; 95% CI: 9.75–20.05), and lacto egg (β: 12.08; 95% CI: 8.57–15.58) diets are significantly associated with a higher sustainability score compared to an omnivorous diet. In contrast, a Western diet is inversely associated (β: −5.63; 95% CI: −7.20 to −4.06). Finally, a vegan (Sub-score 1: β: 6.19; 95% CI: 4.43–7.96) diet is consistently associated with higher levels of sustainability in all areas assessed. In contrast, the Western diet shows a significant negative association with sustainability in all subcomponents assessed. Conclusions: Plant-based dietary patterns were shown to be associated with sustainable lifestyles, with the vegan diet having the greatest association, while the Western dietary pattern was inversely associated.

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Title
Dietary Patterns and Sustainable Lifestyles: A Multicenter Study from Latin America and Spain †
Author
Parra-Soto, Solange 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Carpio-Arias, Tannia Valeria 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rios-Castillo, Israel 3 ; Pérez-Armijo Patricio 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Landaeta-Díaz, Leslie 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Murillo, Ana Gabriela 6 ; Araneda-Flores, Jacqueline 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cavagnari, Brian M 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Gómez, Georgina 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Morales, Gladys 8   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Cordón-Arrivillaga Karla 9   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Miranda-Durán, Melissa 10 ; Aguilar, Ana María 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ortiz Alfonsina 11 ; Meza-Miranda, Eliana Romina 12 ; Nava-González, Edna J 13 ; Bejarano-Roncancio, Jhon Jairo 14 ; Núñez-Martínez Beatriz 15   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lima João P. M. 16   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; de Assis Costa Jorge 17 ; Torres, Jairo 18   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Saby, Mauricio 19 ; Camacho Saby 20   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Morales, Gloria Maricela 21 ; Jara Macarena 22 ; Durán-Agüero, Samuel 22   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Departamento de Nutrición y Salud Pública, Facultad Ciencias de la Salud y de los Alimentos, Universidad del Bío-Bío, Chillán 3780000, Chile; [email protected] (S.P.-S.); [email protected] (J.A.-F.) 
 Grupo de Investigación en Alimentación y Nutrición Humana (GIANH), Facultad de Salud Pública, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba 060104, Ecuador; [email protected] 
 Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO), Oficina Subregional de la FAO en Mesoamérica, Panamá 0843-00006, Panama; [email protected], Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá 0843-00006, Panama 
 Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Isabel I, 09003 Burgos, Spain; [email protected] 
 Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Salud y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de Las Américas, Santiago 8330015, Chile; [email protected] 
 Departamento de Bioquímica, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad de Costa Rica, Montes de Oca, San José 2060, Costa Rica; [email protected] (A.G.M.); [email protected] (G.G.) 
 Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo 1300, Buenos Aires C1107, Argentina; [email protected] 
 Departamento Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco 4780000, Chile; [email protected] 
 Unidad de Investigación en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional, Escuela de Nutrición, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala 01012, Guatemala; [email protected] 
10  Instituto de Investigación en Salud y Desarrollo, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, La Paz, Bolivia; [email protected] (M.M.-D.); [email protected] (A.M.A.) 
11  Licenciatura en Nutrición, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay; [email protected] 
12  Centro Multidisciplinario de Investigaciones Tecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Campus San Lorenzo, San Lorenzo 2160, Paraguay; [email protected] 
13  Facultad de Salud Pública y Nutrición, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey 64460, Nuevo León, Mexico; [email protected] 
14  Departamento de Nutrición Humana, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá 111321, Colombia; [email protected] 
15  Coordinación General de Investigación, Universidad del Norte, Asunción 001218, Paraguay; [email protected] 
16  H&TRC—Health & Technology Research Center, Coimbra Health School, Polytechnic University of Coimbra, 3045-043 Coimbra, Portugal; [email protected], GreenUPorto—Sustainable Agrifood Production Research Centre, 4485-646 Vairão, Portugal, SUScita—Research Group on Sustainability, Cities and Urban Intelligence, 3045-093 Coimbra, Portugal 
17  Departamento de Ciências Humanas e Linguagens (DCHL), Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (UEMG), Núcleo de Estudo e Pesquisa em Educação e Saúde (NEPES), Ubá 36500-000, Brazil; [email protected] 
18  FoodChemPack Research Group, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; [email protected] 
19  Programa Académico Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, Lima 15000, Peru; [email protected] 
20  Academia AMIR México, Ciudad de Mexico 03100, Mexico; [email protected], Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Ciudad de Mexico 14380, Mexico 
21  Instituto Salvadoreño de Bienestar Magisterial (ISBM), Policlínico de San Salvador y Centro de Hemodiálisis de El Salvador, 503 San Salvador, El Salvador; [email protected] 
22  Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Facultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación y Calidad de Vida, Universidad San Sebastian, Providencia 7500000, Chile; [email protected] 
First page
2065
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
23048158
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3223906889
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© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.