Implementing the Mediterranean Diet – Nutrition in Practice and Public Health

List of Contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART 1 The evidence base for the Mediterranean diet 1. The Mediterranean diet in health care and disease prevention 2. Overview of the Med diet 3. Epidemiological evidence base 4. Epidemiological evidence - Health outcomes 5. How the Med diet works 6. Foods of the Med diet: nutrients and health benefits 7. The Med diet compared to other mainstream diets PART 2 Implementing a Mediterranean diet 8. Personal barriers and enablers to consuming a Med diet 9. Enhancing consumption of foods in the Med diet - general considerations 10. Enhancing consumption of foods in the Med diet 11. The Med diet in the home 12. The Med diet in the food environment 13. The Mediterranean diet in primary health care 14. Case studies 15. The Med diet as part of a sustainable food and farming system 16. Governance and the Med diet Index

Dr Richard Hoffman PhD RNutr FRSA is a former senior lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, UK with over 20 years experience teaching nutrition and biomedical sciences to undergraduates and postgraduates, running short courses on the Mediterranean diet for dietitians, and extensive cancer research experience. He is the author of two previous books on the Mediterranean diet - The Mediterranean Diet: Health and Science and More Healthy Years: Why a Mediterranean diet is best for you and for the planet. He serves on the editorial board of Public Health Nutrition.