Title Details: | |
Mediterranean diet |
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Other Titles: |
The Greek dietary model |
Authors: |
Matalas, Antonia |
Subject: | MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > PUBLIC HEALTH > EPIDEMIOLOGY MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE > FOOD HABITS LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE > LIFE STYLES LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > DEMOGRAPHY > POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS > POPULATION HEALTH NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > FARMS AND FARMING SYSTEMS > AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT > SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE |
Keywords: |
Dietary guidelines
Nutrition Food Preventive nutrition Longevity Nutritional assessment Natural resources Sustainable diet Carbon footprint Environmental footprint Dietary selection Rockfeller survey Seven Countries Study Chronic diseases |
Description: | |
Abstract: |
The present textbook attempts an interdisciplinary approach that aims to examine the concept of the Mediterranean diet as both a biomedical entity and a cultural asset of the people residing in countries around the Mediterranean Sea. Mediterranean diet was introduced as a novel entity in the scientific literature by medical researchers and, eventually, was also adopted by the food service sector as a term that primarily denotes healthy qualities of the dishes. The first chapter provides an account of the discovery of the Mediterranean diet by scholars and its subsequent rise to a preventive dietary pattern; in addition, the chapter presents the current challenges with respect to understanding the mechanisms underlying the protective action and health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. Assuming a critical standpoint, the second chapter presents an analysis of the diverging approaches for a functional description of the Mediterranean diet as either a dietary paradigm or as a monument of the world’s intangible cultural heritage according to UNESCO. The third chapter provides a review of pertinent studies to highlight the significance of the Mediterranean diet as a strategy that could contribute to safeguarding the planet’s natural resources. The fourth chapter discusses the use of the Mediterranean dietary pattern as a tool for assessing food consumption patterns and quality of dietary intake. Last, in the fifth chapter, an analysis of the food environment in modern Greece and in neighbouring countries is attempted, as the deep cultural crisis currently inflicting Mediterranean societies has eroded the living roots of the Mediterranean dietary pattern.
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Linguistic Editors: |
Giannoula, Elena |
Graphic Editors: |
Kotzampasi, Dora |
Type: |
Monograph |
Creation Date: | 12-09-2023 |
Item Details: | |
ISBN |
978-618-228-090-4 |
License: |
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-324 |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/10571 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Matalas, A. (2023). Mediterranean diet [Monograph]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://dx.doi.org/10.57713/kallipos-324 |
Language: |
Greek |
Consists of: |
1. Emergence of the Mediterranean diet 2. Αpproaches of the Mediterranean diet 3. Mediterranean diet and health of the planet’s population 4. The Mediterranean diet as a tool for assessing dietary quality 5. Greek society and Mediterranean diet - From international recognition to cultural erosion |
Number of pages |
106 |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
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