International Mediterranean Diet Conference is focused on the study and promotion of Mediterranean Diet. During the Conference, specialists from all over the globe participate in speeches, discussions and workshops about its benefits as well as all the relevant practices.

Dr Antonia Trichopoulou participated with her speech entitled “The Mediterranean diet in the 1960s in Mediterranean countries”. She noted that Mediterranean diet is a scientific concept that reflects the traditional dietary plan that prevailed in the olive tree-growing areas around the Mediterranean basin before the mid-60s, before globalization and its impact on lifestyle and nutrition. Moreover, she referred to the “Seven Countries” study, which indicated the health benefits of MedDiet. At the end she stressed out that it is not amazing to see that Mediterranean diet pattern has earned the title of best overall diet for the sixth year in a row, according to the U.S. News and World Report 2023 ratings.