Socioeconomic factors for the adherence to the Mediterranean diet in North Africa: The shift from 1990 to 2019

Karima El Rhazi; Khaoula El Kinany; Vanessa Garcia-Larsen

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818649-7.00005-9

Socioeconomic factors for the adherence to the Mediterranean diet in North Africa: The shift from 1990 to 2019

Karima El Rhazi, Khaoula El Kinany, Vanessa Garcia-Larsen

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

The North Africa region experiences a drastic shift from a traditional Mediterranean diet to a Westernized diet. Along with these changes the prevalence of chronic diseases increases rapidly. This review reports the various patterns of Mediterranean diets in this region, namely, the change in dietary habits and their relationship with socioeconomic and demographic transitions in this region. The economic, demographic, and social transitions have been accompanied by increasing levels of sedentary lifestyles and obesity and unhealthy diet, which affect all socioeconomic groups but are greater in those with lower resources. Future research in socioeconomic and demographic indicators of nutritional transition in the North African countries is needed to better define these associations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Mediterranean Diet
Subtitle of host publication	An Evidence-Based Approach
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	57-65
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128186497
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818649-7.00005-9
State	Published - Jan 1 2020

Keywords

Mediterranean diet
North Africa
Nutritional behavior
Sociodemographic transition
Socioeconomic transition

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General Engineering
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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