Mediterranean Diet: From a Healthy Diet to a Sustainable Dietary Pattern

Frontiers in Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Dernini, Sandro ^a,b   Berry, Elliot M ^c  

^a Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures   (Italy)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

food consumption; food cultures; intangible cultural heritage; Mediterranean diet; sustainable diets; sustainable food systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947430322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2015.00015     Document Type: Article

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