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- Title
Sustainable diets: the Mediterranean diet as an example.
- Authors
Burlingame, Barbara; Dernini, Sandro
- Abstract
ObjectiveTo present the Mediterranean diet as an example of a sustainable diet, in which nutrition, biodiversity, local food production, culture and sustainability are strongly interconnected.DesignReview of notions and activities contributing towards the acknowledgement of the Mediterranean diet as a sustainable diet.SettingThe Mediterranean region and its populations.SubjectsMediterranean populations.Results and conclusionsThe acknowledgement of the Mediterranean diet as a sustainable diet needs the development of new cross-cutting intersectoral case studies to demonstrate further the synergies among nutrition, biodiversity and sustainability as expressed by the Mediterranean diet for the benefit of present and future generations.
- Subjects
DIET; NUTRITION; BIODIVERSITY; FOOD production; POPULATION; MEDITERRANEAN cooking; CASE studies; SUSTAINABLE development
- Publication
Public Health Nutrition, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 12A, p2285
- ISSN
1368-9800
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1368980011002527