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Global Agro-food System: Food Empires and Social and Ecological Degradation

What are the consequences of a system of  production, distribution and globalized food consumption? What is the impact on agro-cultural production and social structures that support it? What about the environment?
Link: Revista de Economía Crítica, nº 10, segundo semestre 2010, ISSN: 2013-5254, pp. 32-61. -

The Mediterranean Diet Pyramid today: nutritional and cultural updates

Through this article, the Mediterranean Diet Foundation and a group of experts from around the world have presented the “Mediterranean Diet Pyramid: a lifestyle for today”, while a scientific update of the classic food pyramid has been adapted to the nutritional and socio-cultural contexts of the Mediterranean region.
Link: Public Health Nutr. 2011 Dec;14(12A):2274-84. -

Nutrigenetics

The birth of nutrition as a science is relatively new and comes on the heels of the “chemical revolution” around the late eighteenth century. After a first period of freedom in nutritional research full of technological limitations, they identified the basic nutrients and processes of respiration and energy production. From ...
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Mediterranean Diet: the reasons for success

“Mediterranean Diet, the reasons for success,” sets out a series of cultural and economic aspects related to monitoring what is the Mediterranean Diet as a healthy eating pattern. Although scientific evidence has amply demonstrated the link between the Mediterranean Diet with cardiovascular risk reduction and prevention of major chronic diseases, ...
Link: Thromb Res. 2011 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print] -

Urban environment, physical inactivity and unhealthy dietary habits are correlated with depression among the elderly in the Eastern Mediterranean islands: the MEDIS study

The aim of this study conducted by the Harokopio University Department of Nutrition Science and Dietetics (Greece) has been assessing the factors associated with depression among the population over 65 years old in the Eastern Mediterranean islands and Cyprus. The methodology was developed over a period of two years, a ...
Link: J Nutr Health Aging. 2010 Jun;14(6):449-55. -

Historical and nutritional aspects of Mediterranean walnuts emphasize their nutritional properties and health benefits

This article reflects the historical and cultural heritage, as well as the nutritional path walnuts have taken since historical times. It discusses the historical aspects pertaining to walnuts in Mediterranean history, beginning with prehistory, , the Egyptian civilization, its expansion across the Mediterranean in the hands of the Greek, Phoenician ...
Link: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2011 Jun;21 Supple 1:S1-6. Epub 2010 Dec 28. -

Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health

In recent years there has been a profound change on the main causes of mortality and morbidity in developed countries due to the rapid increase of chronic diseases including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, certain types of cancer and their prevalence increases by day. A similar pattern, albeit slower, also ...
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Food and cooking: its role as a hub or pretext in contrasted and foreign dialogues

“No dialogue by itself, as hegemonic as it may be – results in a homogeneous representation in society as a whole” Behaviours and food preferences of a society are not always comprehensible to the population. Often, the complexity of contemporary culture, along with plenty of inputs  and we constantly receive messages, ...
Link: IX Congreso de Antropología FAAEE – Barcelona 2002. Grupo de Trabajo 2: Tendencias alimentarias en la sociedad actual. Identidades colectivas y procesos globales. Elena Espeitx, Universidad de Barcelona -

Spanish Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet: trends of the last two decades

A recently published study has analyzed the evolution of adherence to the Mediterranean Deit (MD) from 1987 to 2005 in Spain. Household consumption records by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food were analyzed and a downward trend in adherence could be observed in the first decade, from 1987 to ...
Link: The Mediterranean diet in Spain: adherence trends during the past two decades using the Mediterranean Adequacy Index. Public Health Nutr. 2011 Apr;14(4):622-8. Epub 2010 Oct 29. -

Lifestyle changes lead to obesity in Asia

A study by the Diabetes Foundation and by doctors from the Rachandran Diabetes Hospital establishes the relationship between the change of rural to urban lifestyle, access to public transportation, improving socioeconomic conditions, preference for spending free time in front of the television and digital games and increased consumption of animal ...
Link: Rising burden of obesity in Asia.J Obes. 2010;2010. pii: 868573. Epub 2010 Aug 30. -

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