A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess the Sustainability of a Healthy Diet: The Mediterranean Diet as a Case Study

Frontiers in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Donini, Lorenzo M ^a,b   Dernini, Sandro ^b,c   Lairon, Denis ^b,d   Serra Majem, Lluis ^b,e   Amiot, Marie Josèphe ^b,d   del Balzo, Valeria ^a,b   Giusti, Anna Maria ^a,b   Burlingame, Barbara ^f   Belahsen, Rekia ^g   Maiani, Giuseppe ^h   Polito, Angela ^h   Turrini, Aida ^h   Intorre, Federica ^h   Trichopoulou, Antonia ⁱ   Berry, Elliot M ^b,j  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Inter University International Centre of Mediterranean Food Cultures Studies   (Italy)

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

^d INSERM   (France)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^f DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g CHOUAIB DOUKKALI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^h Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione   (Italy)

ⁱ HELLENIC HEALTH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^j HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Author keywords

dietary diversity; dietary energy density; dietary nutrient density; Mediterranean diet; non communicable chronic diseases; nutrition indicators; physical activity; sustainable diets

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079488454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2016.00037     Document Type: Article

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