Donini LMDernini SLairon DSerra-Majem LAmiot MJBalzo VGiusti AMBurlingame BBelahsen RMaiani GPolito ATurrin AIntorre FTrichopoulou ABerry E20162016-08-1529/08/2016Front Nutr, 2016, 3 pp. 37 - ?2296-861Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/11347There is increasing evidence of the multiple effects of diets on public health nutrition, society, and environment. Sustainability and food security are closely interrelated. The traditional Mediterranean Diet (MD) is recognized as a healthier dietary pattern with a lower environmental impact. As a case study, the MD may guide innovative inter-sectorial efforts to counteract the degradation of ecosystems, loss of biodiversity, and homogeneity of diets due to globalization through the improvement of sustainable healthy dietary patterns. This consensus position paper defines a suite of the most appropriate nutrition and health indicators for assessing the sustainability of diets based on the MD.37 - ?Mediterranean dietdietary diversitydietary energy densitydietary nutrient densitynon-communicable chronic diseasesnutrition indicatorsphysical activitysustainable dietsJournal article10.3389/fnut.2016.00037337746Massey_Dark1001 Agricultural Biotechnology1111 Nutrition and Dietetics