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Assessment of the Sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet Combined with Organic Food Consumption: An Individual Behaviour Approach.
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- Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of the Mediterranean Diet: An Update of a Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Sustainability Dimensions of the Mediterranean Diet: A Systematic Review of the Indicators Used and Its Results.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Artificial intelligence attitudes in relation to Mediterranean diet adherence and environmental footprints: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Is Organic Food Consumption Associated with Other Sustainable Food-Related Behaviors? Insights from a Survey in the Capital City of Poland.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Food Pattern and Carbon Footprint of Food Intake by Employees of a University Setting in Portugal.Nutrients · 2024Observational
- Obesity-associated inflammation countered by a Mediterranean diet: the role of gut-derived metabolites.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- The nature of protein intake as a discriminating factor of diet sustainability: a multi-criteria approach.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Mediterranean Diet, Sustainability, and Tourism-A Study of the Market's Demand and Knowledge.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The SHED Index: a tool for assessing a Sustainable HEalthy Diet.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- Changing Dietary Behavior for Better Biodiversity Preservation: A Preliminary Study.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Similarity Effect and Purchase Behavior of Organic Food Under the Mediating Role of Perceived Values in the Context of COVID-19.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Assessment of the Methodology That Is Used to Determine the Nutritional Sustainability of the Mediterranean Diet-A Scoping Review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Updating the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid towards Sustainability: Focus on Environmental Concerns.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Prospective associations between sustainable dietary pattern assessed with the Sustainable Diet Index (SDI) and risk of cancer and cardiovascular diseases in the French NutriNet-Santé cohort.European journal of epidemiology · 2020Article
- Cancer and Mediterranean Diet: A Review.Nutrients · 2019Review
- Review of Methodologies for Assessing Sustainable Diets and Potential for Development of Harmonised Indicators.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Review
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Abstract
Mediterranean diets are promising sustainable food models and the organic food system may provide health and environmental benefits. Combining the two models could therefore be a favourable approach for food sustainability. The aim of this study was to draw up a comparative description of four diets differing in the level of organic foods consumption and the adherence to the Mediterranean diet, using multidisciplinary indicators to assess the sustainability of these diets. Four groups of participants were defined and compared, combining the proportion of organic food in their diet (Org versus Conv) and the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (Med versus NoMed). Conv-NoMed: Conventional consumers and non-Mediterranean diet followers; Conv-Med: Conventional consumers and Mediterranean diet followers; Org-NoMed: Organic consumers and non-Mediterranean diet followers; Org-Med: Organic consumers and Mediterranean diet followers. The adherence to nutritional recommendations was higher among the Org-Med and Conv-Med groups compared to the Conv-NoMed group (using the mPNNS-GS (modified-Programme National nutrition santé guidelines score/13.5 points): 9.29 (95% confidence intervals (CI) = 9.23-9.36) and 9.30 (95% CI = 9.24-9.35) versus 8.19 (95% CI = 8.17-8.22)) respectively. The mean plant/animal protein intake ratio was 1.38 (95% CI = 1.01-1.74) for the Org-Med group versus 0.44 (95% CI = 0.28-0.60) for the Conv-NoMed group. The average cost of the diet of Org-Med participants was the highest: 11.43 €/day (95% CI = 11.34-11.52). This study highlighted the importance of promoting the Mediterranean diet combined with organic food consumption for individual health and environmental aspects but challenges with regard to the cost remain.
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