The FDM granted with the Spanish Academy of Nutrition’s Mataix Award for the Best Institutional Initiative for Nutrition (16 December 2011)
Tags:On December 12th, 2011, the Columbus House in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria was the scene for the Spanish Academy of Nutrition and Food Sciences’s 2011 Mataix Awards to a Lifetime Career in the Field of Nutrition – Magdalena Villanueva Cabrera – Best Institutional Initiative for Nutrition – Mediterranean Diet ...
FDM Executive Vice President Francisco Sensat participates in the Meeting “Millennium old Olive Trees Sénia Territory” (07 December 2011)
Tags:On December 1st to the 4th, the Meeting “Millennium old olive Tress of the Senia Territory” took place in Ulldecona, Tarragona. The four day meeting consisted of various events, amongh which the scientific-technical symposium and an informative workshop for the general public. The FDM Executive Vice President took part with ...
FDM participates in the International Technical Workshop organized by the CIHEAM-MAIB (01 December 2011)
Tags:On November 28th and 29th, the Mediterranean Diet Foundation participated in the International technical workshop organized by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM-MAIB) in Italy to develop a consensus on GUIDELINES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET. Thirty experts from around the world were involved in the formulation of ...
Scientific Sessions of the Catalan Centre of Nutrition (18 November 2011)
Tags:The Catalan Centre of Nutrition Institute of Catalan Studies (CCNIEC) organized on November 17th the Scientific Sessions of the Catalan Centre of Nutrition at the University Rovira i Virgili. This first edition focused primarily on functional foods, covering topics such as health claims of food items, studies involved, biomarkers, the ...
First anniversary of the inclusion of the Mediterranean Diet on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of the UNESCO. (16 November 2011)
Tags:This week we celebrate the first anniversary of the decision taken by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage to include the Mediterranean Diet on the Representative list for Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. With this decision made on November 16th, 2010, the UNESCO gave a ...
World Food Day “Food prices: from crisis to stability” (16 October 2011)
Tags:This theme was chosen for World Food Day 2011 to shed light on the need to mitigate the effects of the crisis on access to food. The volatility of food prices on the world market is one of the factors that most directly affect the ability to feed the population, ...
The FDM presents the New Mediterranean Diet Pyramid (13 October 2011)
Tags:The Mediterranean Diet pyramid is updated to adapt to the new way of life The new model takes into account qualitative and quantitative elements for the selection of foods
The Ministry of Agriculture organizes the Mediterranean Diet Week (11 October 2011)
Tags:It will include, among other activities, the presentation of the Spanish Breakfast initiative, the Paradores and Mediterranean Diet “The little gourmet”, the “10 principles of Bread” and the new “Mediterranean Diet Pyramid”. The week aims to disseminate the concept of the Mediterranean Diet as intangible cultural heritage of humanity, including aspects ...
October 1st International Day of Older Persons (01 October 2011)
Tags:Aging in a healthy way, thanks to a balanced diet and physical fitness is one of the implicit rights that fall within the five principles for older persons which were approved by the United Nations in the resolution 46/91 of 1991 (independence, participation, care, fulfillment and dignity). Although access to food ...
World Heart Day (29 September 2011)
Tags:September 29th marks the eleventh anniversary of the celebration of World Heart Day. In the year 2000, the World Heart Federation, a nongovernmental organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, created the World Heart Day campaign to raise awareness about the threat posed by cardiovascular disease. These diseases are the leading cause ...









