The Food Pyramid is a graphical representation of a Mediterranean dietary pattern that the international scientific community consider the best to drive the population towards rational and healthy food choices. Developed for the first time in 1992 by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), it has undergone some developments based on nutritional requirements, diet and health relation new knowledge, economic conditions and lifestyle changes. Because of its simple and intuitive graphics, the Food Pyramid represents an effective instrument for Nutrition Education to help people implementing a diet that promotes health and reduces the risk of disease. The arrangement of the food products inside it indicates both quantity (transversely) and frequency (longitudinally) which food should be consumed. The proposal to develop a Food Pyramid of the Mediterranean Umbria (from the latin mediterraneus, literally “in the middle of land” and therefore Mediterranea regio) derived from the will to promote a nutrition education intervention aimed at correcting and rationalizing population food habits using the typical/traditional regional products. The added value of the proposal is promoting Umbria food products, whose excellent quality is the result of a still intact land, particular pedoclimatic conditions and crops/breeding care, supported by history heritage and ongoing scientific research.
La piramide alimentare umbra
MAURIZI, Angela;BRACONI, Paolo;COSSIGNANI, Lina;COLI, Roberto
2015
Abstract
The Food Pyramid is a graphical representation of a Mediterranean dietary pattern that the international scientific community consider the best to drive the population towards rational and healthy food choices. Developed for the first time in 1992 by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), it has undergone some developments based on nutritional requirements, diet and health relation new knowledge, economic conditions and lifestyle changes. Because of its simple and intuitive graphics, the Food Pyramid represents an effective instrument for Nutrition Education to help people implementing a diet that promotes health and reduces the risk of disease. The arrangement of the food products inside it indicates both quantity (transversely) and frequency (longitudinally) which food should be consumed. The proposal to develop a Food Pyramid of the Mediterranean Umbria (from the latin mediterraneus, literally “in the middle of land” and therefore Mediterranea regio) derived from the will to promote a nutrition education intervention aimed at correcting and rationalizing population food habits using the typical/traditional regional products. The added value of the proposal is promoting Umbria food products, whose excellent quality is the result of a still intact land, particular pedoclimatic conditions and crops/breeding care, supported by history heritage and ongoing scientific research.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
