The Influence of Mediterranean Diet on Health and Environment

Dear Colleagues,

Besides being an UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity, the Mediterranean diet is worldwide recognised as a healthy dietary pattern. A large body of evidence has shown that the Mediterranean diet exerts a preventive effect with regard to several non-communicable chronic diseases. It is also associated with a better quality of life and a reduction in overall mortality. At the same time, the Mediterranean diet has been described as a sustainable dietary approach resulting in a low environmental impact.

An in-depth understanding of the key elements of the Mediterranean diet, of the underlying mechanisms impacting human health, and of the intrinsic and extrinsic barriers and drivers towards such dietary regimen is needed to support current evidence, to provide new insights and to identify the most effective strategies to promote a higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet.

This Special Issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, entitled “Influence of the Mediterranean Diet on Health and the Environment”, welcomes manuscripts describing original research or reviewing the scientific literature. Potential manuscripts include, but are not limited to, works regarding the relationship between the Mediterranean diet and various health and environmental outcomes:

• human and animal studies, epidemiological, clinical and preclinical studies on the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and other non-communicable chronic diseases, on nutritional or metabolic outcomes and/or environmental outcomes;
• interventional studies aimed at improving adherence to the Mediterranean diet in both Mediterranean and non-Mediterranean countries;
• studies investigating the determinants of Mediterranean food choices (psychological, socioeconomic and/or sensorial factors influencing food choices);
• systematic reviews and meta-analyses focused on the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and human health and/or environmental impact.

Prof. Dr. Francesca Scazzina
Dr. Alice Rosi
Guest Editors

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