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Record Nr.

UNINA9910410651703321

Autore

Anderson John J. B (John Joseph Baxter), <1934, >

Titolo

The Mediterranean way of eating : evidence for chronic disease prevention and weight management / / John J.B. Anderson and Marilyn C. Sparling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-000-21895-3

0-429-17284-2

1-4987-3696-3

1-4822-3125-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

641.59/1822

641.591822

Soggetti

Nutrition

Diet - Mediterranean Region

Cooking, Mediterranean

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A CRC title.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. Mediterranean dietary patterns -- section 2. Protective health effects of the Mediterranean-style dietary pattern -- section 3. Eating the Mediterranean way.

Sommario/riassunto

Scientific evidence accumulated over decades validates the idea that a plant-based dietary pattern, such as the traditional Mediterranean way of eating, promotes health and plays an important role in risk reduction and prevention of several chronic diseases. One of the great advantages of the Mediterranean diet is that it can be easily adopted by other cultures because it is flexible and highly palatable. The Mediterranean Way of Eating: Evidence for Chronic Disease Prevention and Weight Management offers evidence-based information about an enjoyable, healthy way of eating that has s