Journal Article

Definitions and potential health benefits of the Mediterranean diet: views from experts around the world

Martínez-González, Miguel A, Tong, Tammy YN, de Lorgeril, Michel, Khandelwal, Shweta, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Mozaffarian, Dariush, Forouhi, Nita G, Trichopoulou, Antonia

2014

Overview

The Mediterranean diet has been linked to a number of health benefits, including reduced mortality risk and lower incidence of cardiovascular disease. Definitions of the Mediterranean diet vary across some settings, and scores are increasingly being employed to define Mediterranean diet adherence in epidemiological studies. Some components of the Mediterranean diet overlap with other healthy dietary patterns, whereas other aspects are unique to the Mediterranean diet. In this forum article, we asked clinicians and researchers with an interest in the effect of diet on health to describe what constitutes a Mediterranean diet in different geographical settings, and how we can study the health benefits of this dietary pattern.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Aircraft industry / Biomedicine / Cancer / Carbohydrates / Cardiovascular disease / Cardiovascular diseases / Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology / Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control / Care and treatment / Cholesterol / Diet / diet and disease / Diet, Mediterranean / Epidemiologic Studies / Epidemiology / Feeding Behavior / Food / Forum / Gluten / Health aspects / Health care / Heart / Humans / Incidence / International economic relations / Lipids / Meat / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Metabolism / Mortality / Nutrition research / Nutritional aspects / Nutritionists / Olive oil / Preventive medicine / Primary Prevention / Public health / Risk Reduction Behavior / Studies / Type 2 diabetes