Adherence to Mediterranean diet in athletes: a narrative review

Abstract Athletes’ diet should be adequate both in quality and quantity, to avoid deficiencies limit fatigue. In recent years, several nutritional recommendations have been published a multitude of diets based on empirical approaches employed the sport setting. last decades, Mediterranean (MD) has extensively studied for its beneficial effects health but adoption athletes never critically analyzed. This review was aimed assess current literature about athletes’ adherence MD pattern, also comparison with general population. The majority studies show that reach mean level adherence, higher than However, evidence is still limited using different methods. Further research needed better characterize this habit among athletes.