And yet, it turns out that this style of eating seems to be succumbing to a global economic crisis. In other words, the Mediterranean diet is too expensive for an ever poorer human population. The alarm was raised by a team of Italian scientists from the research laboratory at Fondazione di ricerca e cura Giovanni Paolo II – Catholic University of Campobasso. The researchers publish their findings in British Medical Journal. 13 people participated in the study. Lead author, Marialaura Bonaccio, says: our hypothesis is based on a very simple observation. We can see rising costs of basic products food and the progressive impoverishment of people. All of this may contribute to the obesity epidemic that has been affecting the Mediterranean countries for some time. Based on their analyzes, the researchers found that low-income people were the least likely to follow the Mediterranean diet. 72% of the people with the highest income follow this diet. Means worse and worse diets for the poorer and poorerwhich is most often associated with processed foods or junk food, often cheaper than fresh produce, traditional for the Mediterranean diet. Among the lowest-income people, obesity has already reached 36% – compared to 20% for the richest.
source: ScienceNews.pl