Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet: Impact of Geographical Location of the Observations

The Mediterranean diet has emerged as a comprehensive lifestyle, including specific foods and meal composition and a set of behavioural and social features. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet has been shown to promote health and reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases. The actual implementation o...

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Published inNutrients Vol. 14; no. 10; p. 2040
Main Authors Mattavelli, Elisa, Olmastroni, Elena, Bonofiglio, Daniela, Catapano, Alberico L, Baragetti, Andrea, Magni, Paolo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 13.05.2022
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Subjects
adherence
Adults
Alzheimer's disease
awareness
Chronic illnesses
Communication
Cultural heritage
Cultural identity
Diabetes
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean
ethnic
Food
Food composition
Food Preferences
Geographical distribution
geographical location
Geographical locations
Geography
health
Health Promotion
Life Style
Mediterranean diet
Nutrition
Nutrition research
Population
Prevalence
Principles
Regions
Review
Rural areas
Greece
Italy
Spain
Mediterranean Area
ethnic
awareness
Mediterranean diet
adherence
chronic disease
geographical location
health
nutrition guidelines
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Summary:The Mediterranean diet has emerged as a comprehensive lifestyle, including specific foods and meal composition and a set of behavioural and social features. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet has been shown to promote health and reduce the prevalence of chronic diseases. The actual implementation of the Mediterranean diet is affected by several sociocultural factors as well as geographical components. Indeed, the geographical location, such as a specific country or different areas in a country and specific latitude and climate, appears to be an important factor that may strongly affect the implementation of the Mediterranean diet or some of its principles as well as the adherence to it. Another dynamic component affecting personal nutritional choices, also regarding adherence to the Mediterranean diet and its principles, is the individual life-long trajectory of food preference and nutrition habits and awareness. In this review, we discuss the current evidence on the impact of geographical location on adherence to the Mediterranean diet.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2072-6643
2072-6643
DOI:10.3390/nu14102040