Implementing the Mediterranean Diet: Nutrition in Practice and Public Health

Implementing the Mediterranean Diet: Nutrition in Practice and Public Health situates  this ‘gold standard’ of diets within the wider food environment by  bridging the gap between the evidence-based health benefits of the  Mediterranean diet and its implementation. The text explores the many  approaches that can be used by health professionals to help consumers  adopt this healthy eating pattern, as well as the barriers encountered  with implementing this diet at home and in the wider environment. It  also considers sustainable food and farming practices, and national food  strategies.

A one-stop resource for food and health  professionals, this seminal text demonstrates the full range of benefits  that the Mediterranean diet can bring to society. This ground-breaking  book:

• Gives  an in-depth review of the effectiveness of the Mediterranean diet in  disease prevention and the management of chronic diseases
• Contextualises  the diet within the food environment, showing why the whole dietary  pattern and minimizing the consumption of highly processed foods are  both so important
• Shows how to implement the Mediterranean diet, motivating and guiding consumers to make the transition
• Addresses  the practical and behavioural barriers to food choice in terms of  taste, cost, variety, convenience and animal welfare concerns

Implementing the Mediterranean Diet is  a must-have resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate  students in the food sciences, and for healthcare professionals such as  dietitians, nutritionists, GPs, and health workers, especially those  working in non-Mediterranean, high-income countries.