Food consumption and civil society: Mediterranean diet as a sustainable resource for the Mediterranean area

Public Health Nutrition

F Xavier Medina¹ 

关键词: Mediterranean diet;    Sustainability;    Tradition;    Trust;    Naturalness;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980011002618

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo define the Mediterranean diet model inside a Mediterranean social and cultural food framework and from the perspective of a local model of consumption.DesignReflexion and review of literature available in relation to the Mediterranean diet, locality and proximity.Setting and subjectsMediterranean region and its populations.ResultsThe Mediterranean local food system under the term Mediterranean diet encourages local production and local consumption. From this perspective, this model takes part of every local Mediterranean lifestyles and encourages sustainability.ConclusionsFrom a local Mediterranean point of view and as a proximity model of consumption, Mediterranean food and diet can be a sustainable resource for the Mediterranean area.

【 授权许可】

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