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Towards the advancement of the Mediterranean food cultures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Sandro Dernini
Sandro Dernini*
Affiliation:
Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures, Via Giovanni da Castelobolognese 89, 00153 , Rome, Italy
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*Corresponding author: E-mail s.dernini@tiscaline.it
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Abstract

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The Forum on Mediterranean Food Cultures has the purpose to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue to acknowledge the underestimated role of the Mediterranean diet and of the Mediterranean food cultures for an effective sustainable development in the Mediterranean. It is addressed towards the achievement of food security and a broader nutritional well-being in the entire Mediterranean area. The Forum uses a creative approach for the development of community-based programmes to manage the emerging trend of childhood overweight and obesity, as well as to reduce the increasing erosion of the Mediterranean food cultural heritage.

Keywords

Mediterranean food culturesMediterranean dietNutritional well-beingQualitative problem-solvingIntercultural dialogueSustainable development
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 9 , Issue 1a , February 2006 , pp. 103 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © The Author 2006

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