MEDITERRANEANS TURNING AWAY FROM THEIR HEALTHY TRADITIONAL DIETS WARNS FAO

BY KEITH NUTHALL THE MUCH praised Mediterranean diet - relying on fresh fruits and vegetables - is being discarded by consumers in countries where it was created. The UN's Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning growing prosperity in southern Europe, and to some extent the Levant and north Africa, has led locals to eat fattier more calorific foods. FAO senior economist Josef Schmidhuber said the Mediterranean diet has "decayed into a moribund state" in its home area. He said statistical analysis shows from 1962-2002, daily calorie intake ...


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