FLAMINIO FIDANZA (1920-2012) (13 April 2012)
Tags:This Easter we were surprised to hear about the passing of Flaminio Fidanza at the age of 92, without a doubt one of the undisputed fathers of the Mediterranean Diet. Good friend, friendly, touch, persevering and eloquent, he received the Grande Covian Award along with Ancel Keys and therefore was ...
Mrs. Michelle Obama will receive the Mediterranean Diet Foundation Award (13 March 2012)
Tags:Established by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation Board of Trustees on December 1st, 2011 for the purpose of recognizing people or organizations that stand to promote or actively participate in projects to warn people about the need to maintain healthy habits to prevent the development of severe diseases related to diet ...
Dr. Jose M. Ordovas receives the Grand Covian Award (13 February 2012)
Tags:The Mediterranean Diet Foundation established in 1996 the Grande Covian Award in memory of the great Spanish researcher Francisco Grande Covian in order to distinguish a personality from the scientific world for their contribution to a better understanding of the influence of the diet on health. This distinction also values ...
The FDM awards the 2012 Honorary Diplomas to six outstanding individuals and organizations (10 February 2012)
Tags:Since 2002, the FDM awards upon completion of the Barcelona International Conference on the Mediterranean Diet, Honorary Diplomas to outstanding personalities from different fields in recognition to their career contributing with their work and involvement to the knowledge and dissemination of the Mediterranean culture. This year’s awardees are: Millennial Olive Trees and ...
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, ...









