Mediterranean diet and health

BioFactors

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 335-342

  Sofi, Francesco ^a,b,c   Macchi, Claudio ^c   Abbate, Rosanna ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,c   Casini, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disease; Health; Mediterranean diet; Nutrition; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; HEALTH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OBESITY;

EID: 84881633198     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: 18728081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.1096     Document Type: Review

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