The Mediterranean Diet: An Evidence-Based Approach, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive exploration of the complex interrelationships between diet, nutrition, health, and well-being. Authored by Victor R. Preedy BSc PhD DSc FRSB FRSPH FRCPath FRSC (Editor), this authoritative volume delves into historical, cultural, and scientific foundations while examining nutritional adequacy, agricultural practices, food culture, mortality, quality of life, children and adolescents, behavior, cardiovascular diseases, diet quality, nutritional knowledge, nuts, minerals, olive oil, hydroxytyrosol, water, antioxidant nutritional status, ketogenics, adiposity, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular risk, nutrigenetics, epigenetics, the link between epigenetics and pregnancy, gene polymorphisms and bone health, insulin signaling, inflammatory gene expression, and more. Providing supportive evidence to embrace a holistic approach from the cell to geographical population well-being, this edition addresses concepts, overviews, components of the diet, and medical, health, and nutritional aspects. It also covers emerging fields in diet science and important discoveries relating to diet and nutrition.