Challenges to the mediterranean diet at a time of economic crisis

The traditional Mediterranean diet is reportedly associated with lower risk of major chronic diseases and long considered to contribute to the reduced rates of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events and to the highest life expectancy in adults who lived near the Mediterranean Sea.But despite its widely documented health benefits, adherence to this pattern has been rapidly declining over the last decades and a clear socioeconomic pattern has been established. According to ecological evidence, the Mediterranean Countries that used to have the highest adherence to the Mediterranean pattern in the Sixties more recently experienced the greatest decrease, while countries in Northern Europe and some other Countries around the world are currently embracing a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern.
Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - Category: Nutrition Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research