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Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet
The concept of the Mediterranean Diet has substantially evolved in the last decade and a half. From a model focused uniquely on nutrition and public health, in recent years, and after its registration as Intangible Heritage of the Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural O...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33807765 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052605 |
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author | Medina, Francesc-Xavier |
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description | The concept of the Mediterranean Diet has substantially evolved in the last decade and a half. From a model focused uniquely on nutrition and public health, in recent years, and after its registration as Intangible Heritage of the Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), its conception incorporated important elements related to society, culture, and sustainability. In this regard, the use of concepts such as commensality (or conviviality around food, or eating together), linked to a more cultural vision of food, began to be one object of attention. The aim of this article is to reflect on the role of these “new” elements regarding the actual definitions of the Mediterranean diet and, particularly, its relationship with other significant discourses inside this concept, as the preponderant of health, or the emergence of sustainability. |
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spelling | pubmed-79673242021-03-18 Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet Medina, Francesc-Xavier Int J Environ Res Public Health Opinion The concept of the Mediterranean Diet has substantially evolved in the last decade and a half. From a model focused uniquely on nutrition and public health, in recent years, and after its registration as Intangible Heritage of the Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), its conception incorporated important elements related to society, culture, and sustainability. In this regard, the use of concepts such as commensality (or conviviality around food, or eating together), linked to a more cultural vision of food, began to be one object of attention. The aim of this article is to reflect on the role of these “new” elements regarding the actual definitions of the Mediterranean diet and, particularly, its relationship with other significant discourses inside this concept, as the preponderant of health, or the emergence of sustainability. MDPI 2021-03-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7967324/ /pubmed/33807765 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052605 Text en © 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Opinion Medina, Francesc-Xavier Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet |
title | Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet |
title_full | Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet |
title_fullStr | Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet |
title_full_unstemmed | Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet |
title_short | Looking for Commensality: On Culture, Health, Heritage, and the Mediterranean Diet |
title_sort | looking for commensality: on culture, health, heritage, and the mediterranean diet |
topic | Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33807765 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052605 |
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