International Conference on the Health Benefits of Mediterranean Diet

Three hundred scientists and researchers from all over the world met in France to talk about certain aspects of the health benefits associated with Mediterranean diet, by specifically taking an interest in obesity and diabetes, which also constitute a major public health problem.

The world’s best specialists, from mechanistic research to epidemiological studies, pooled together to paint a very comprehensive assessment of scientific knowledge in these domains, justifying the recommended basis that provides, or will provide, the platform for developed nutritional policy in several countries.

The EGEA International Conference demonstrate that there is a wealth of scientific data highlighting the fact that Mediterranean diet, from which nuts are part of it, constitutes a set of balanced practices and behaviours that are very favourable to personal health, and which have the extraordinary advantage of associating health, pleasure and conviviality. A useful and superb model for public health managers.