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Nutrition. 2018 Jul - Aug;51:38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2017.12.002. Epub 2018 Feb 08.

Consensus paper on the "executive summary of the international conference on Mediterranean diet and health: a lifelong approach" an Italian initiative supported by the Mediterranean Diet Foundation and the Menarini Foundation.

Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)

Virginia Boccardi, Riccardo Calvani, Federica Limongi, Anna Marseglia, Alexandra Mason, Marianna Noale, Domenico Rogoli, Nicola Veronese, Gaetano Crepaldi, Stefania Maggi

Affiliations

  1. Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
  2. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
  3. National Research Council (CNR), Neuroscience Institute, Aging Branch, Padua, Italy.
  4. Aging Research Center, Department Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
  5. Italian Food and Wine, DAFNAE, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
  6. National Research Council (CNR), Neuroscience Institute, Aging Branch, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29574144 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2017.12.002

Abstract

The Mediterranean Diet Foundation, in collaboration with the International Menarini Foundation, organized the "International Conference on Mediterranean Diet and Health: A Lifelong Approach." The Conference was held in Ostuni (Puglia, Italy) from March 30 to April 1, 2017. The event received the endorsement of the American Federation for Aging Research, the Research Consortium "Luigi Amaducci," the European Nutrition for Health Alliance, the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society, the Clinical Section of the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics-European Region, the National Research Council Research Project on Aging, the Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and the Italian Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. During the conference, results were presented from major studies on dietary interventions aiming to assess the efficacy of the Mediterranean diet in the prevention of chronic diseases and the potential underlying mechanisms. Twenty-six international speakers, in seven different sessions, discussed the biological basis, clinical impact, health policy, and behavioral implications of the Mediterranean diet, and its use in potential interventions for health promotion.

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Keywords: Healthy aging; Lifelong approach; Lifestyle; Mediterranean diet; Sustainability

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