Mediterranean Diet: Health, Environment, Culture, Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

The concept of the "Mediterranean Diet” (MD) has undergone a particular and progressive transformation over the last several decades. The MD was created and conceptualized at the beginning of the second half of the 20th century as a healthy dietary pattern. 

However, the concept has evolved to become a sustainable dietary pattern, within which the DM has been considered within the category of "sustainable diets”. Since then, it has undergone various modifications that have led it from being a concept linked solely to health, to an element of culture and a lifestyle, as a result of its declaration as intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO in 2010 (and its extension in 2013). This evolution of the concept has been developed for more than half a century, and actually involves different perspectives and disciplines: health, nutrition, food studies, cultures, heritage, environment, etc. Since that point, the Mediterranean Diet has adopted a new path (guided by the FAO) as a sustainable diet, focusing on sustainability and locality as the cornerstones of its new identity.

This Special Issue is on the broad topic of “Mediterranean Diet: Health, Environment, Culture, Sustainability”. Although we welcome papers discussing any aspect of the Mediterranean Diet, we particularly encourage papers that focus on furthering the following topics:

- Mediterranean Diet: New health perspectives in a global context;

- Mediterranean Diet: Environmental aspects and sustainability;

- Mediterranean Diet in the framework of sustainable diets, and/or in comparison with other sustainable diets;

- Mediterranean Diet, cultures, societies, and heritages;

- Mediterranean Diet as a touristic attraction;

- Mediterranean Diet, consumption, and locality: New challenges for production and consumption?

- Mediterranean Diet, food habits, and changing lifestyles.

We invite papers about all of the above topics, as well as other topics of relevance to this Issue.

Prof. Dr. F. Xavier Medina
Guest Editor

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