The Mediterranean diet: Health, science and society

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue S2, 2015, Pages S4-S10

  Gerber, Mariette ^a   Hoffman, Richard ^b  

^a French Food Environment and Work Safety Agency (ANSES) Cancer Institute   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary patterns; Health benefits; Mediterranean diet; Societal relevance

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL; POLYPHENOL; VITAMIN D; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SUN EXPOSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ETHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITION POLICY; PLANT OILS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937054161     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514003912     Document Type: Article

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