Assessing the Interlinkage between Biodiversity and Diet through the Mediterranean Diet Case.

ABSTRACT: The adoption of healthy and sustainable diets and the transition to sustainable food systems is of principal importance in order to counteract the double burden of climate change and noncommunicable diseases. The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been widely recognized as a biodiversity and healthy nutrition resource to support sustainable development and food security. This study explored biodiversity in terms of food plants species, subspecies, varieties, and races, and also addressed food plant diversity differences between the MD and Western-type consumption patterns. It was funded by the EU BioValue Project, aiming to promote the integration of underutilized crops into the food value chains. Using a 2-stage scheme, data were selected from MEDUSA and Euro+Med databases (including 449 species

SUBMITTER: Mattas K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10201830 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature