TY - JOUR
KW - adult
KW - Culture
KW - diet
KW - diet
KW - Mediterranean
KW - Dietary pattern
KW - Food Habits
KW - fruit
KW - Health
KW - health behavior
KW - Health Promotion
KW - Humans
KW - Life Style
KW - lifestyle
KW - Mediterranean Region
KW - Mediterranean diet
KW - Nutrition Policy
KW - obesity
KW - Pyramid
KW - Southern Europe
KW - Vegetables
KW - cultural anthropology
KW - diet
KW - Feeding Behavior
KW - fruit
KW - health behavior
KW - health care policy
KW - health promotion
KW - human
KW - lifestyle
KW - obesity
KW - Review
KW - standard
KW - vegetable
AU - Anna Bach-Faig
AU - Elliot Berry
AU - Denis Lairon
AU - Joan Reguant
AU - Antonia Trichopoulou
AU - Sandro Dernini
AU - F. Xavier Medina
AU - Maurizio Battino
AU - Rekia Belahsen
AU - Gemma Miranda
AU - Lluis Serra-Majem
AU - Mediterranean Grp
AB - Objective: To present the Mediterranean diet (MD) pyramid: a lifestyle for today. Design: A new graphic representation has been conceived as a simplified main frame to be adapted to the different nutritional and socio-economic contexts of the Mediterranean region. This review gathers updated recommendations considering the lifestyle, dietary, sociocultural, environmental and health challenges that the current Mediterranean populations are facing. Setting and Subjects: Mediterranean region and its populations. Results: Many innovations have arisen since previous graphical representations of the MD. First, the concept of composition of the  main meals  is introduced to reinforce the plant-based core of the dietary pattern. Second, frugality and moderation is emphasised because of the major public health challenge of obesity. Third, qualitative cultural and lifestyle elements are taken into account, such as conviviality, culinary activities, physical activity and adequate rest, along with proportion and frequency recommendations of food consumption. These innovations are made without omitting other items associated with the production, selection, processing and consumption of foods, such as seasonality, biodiversity, and traditional, local and eco-friendly products. Conclusions: Adopting a healthy lifestyle and preserving cultural elements should be considered in order to acquire all the benefits from the MD and preserve this cultural heritage. Considering the acknowledgment of the MD as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO (2010), and taking into account its contribution to health and general well-being, we hope to contribute to a much better adherence to this healthy dietary pattern and its way of life with this new graphic representation.
DO - 10.1017/S1368980011002515
M1 - 12
N1 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
N2 - Objective: To present the Mediterranean diet (MD) pyramid: a lifestyle for today. Design: A new graphic representation has been conceived as a simplified main frame to be adapted to the different nutritional and socio-economic contexts of the Mediterranean region. This review gathers updated recommendations considering the lifestyle, dietary, sociocultural, environmental and health challenges that the current Mediterranean populations are facing. Setting and Subjects: Mediterranean region and its populations. Results: Many innovations have arisen since previous graphical representations of the MD. First, the concept of composition of the  main meals  is introduced to reinforce the plant-based core of the dietary pattern. Second, frugality and moderation is emphasised because of the major public health challenge of obesity. Third, qualitative cultural and lifestyle elements are taken into account, such as conviviality, culinary activities, physical activity and adequate rest, along with proportion and frequency recommendations of food consumption. These innovations are made without omitting other items associated with the production, selection, processing and consumption of foods, such as seasonality, biodiversity, and traditional, local and eco-friendly products. Conclusions: Adopting a healthy lifestyle and preserving cultural elements should be considered in order to acquire all the benefits from the MD and preserve this cultural heritage. Considering the acknowledgment of the MD as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO (2010), and taking into account its contribution to health and general well-being, we hope to contribute to a much better adherence to this healthy dietary pattern and its way of life with this new graphic representation.
SP - 2274
EP - 2284
TI - Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84858780488&doi=10.1017%2fS1368980011002515&partnerID=40&md5=4d7e1fc98e80ac8c5b537d63cd97b4f8
VL - 14
SN - 13689800 (ISSN)
ER -