Gregorio
Varelas-Moreiras
Gregorio Varelas-Moreiras
España - Madrid
Biografía
Profesor de Nutrición y Ciencia de los Alimentos en la Facultad de Farmacia de la Universidad San Pablo-CEU en Madrid, Director del Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, y Director del Instituto CEU "Alimentación y Sociedad". Jefe del Grupo de Investigación de Excelencia "Nutrición para la Vida" y Presidente de la Federación Española de Sociedades de Nutrición, Alimentación y Dietética (FESNAD). Académico de Número de la Real Academia Europea de Doctores y de la Real Academia de Gastronomía, y Académico Correspondiente de la Real Academia de Farmacia de Galicia y miembro fundador de la Academia Española de Nutrición y Ciencias de los Alimentos. Ha publicado más de 250 artículos científicos indexados, más de 50 capítulos de libros y es editor de 15 libros. Entre otros reconocimientos, ha recibido las siguientes distinciones: Encomienda de la Orden de Alfonso X El Sabio, Premio Internacional HYPOCRATES de Investigación Médica en Nutrición Humana, Premio Dr. Marañón al Mejor Trabajo Científico en el Campo de la Alimentación o el Gran Premio de la Ciencia de la Alimentación de la Academia Internacional de Gastronomía. Es Presidente del Comité Científico de la Agencia de Salud y Dieta Mediterránea (ASDM), Miembro de la Junta y el Consejo Científico de IMDEA-Alimentación (Comunidad de Madrid) y del Comité de Nutrición de la Fundación Española del Corazón.
Filiaciones
-Professor of Nutrition and Food Science
-Director, CEU Institute for Food and Society
-Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Madrid, Spain.
-Director, CEU Institute for Food and Society
-Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract
Importancia y desafíos de los aspectos sociales relacionados con el estilo de vida saludable mediterráneo.
Importance and challenges of social aspects related to the healthy Mediterranean lifestyle
The diet of every society, until relatively recently, was based on inherited dietary patterns that were passed down from generation to generation, which is what we know as dietary and culinary traditions, food habits. With the important changes that have taken place in our society, and although in general they should be considered as very positive, there has been a certain rupture in the teaching and traditions in the field of food, in short, of our Mediterranean heritage, in its broadest expression. This has led to a state of nutritional and gastronomic transition, in many occasions associated with disorientation, with a lack of guidelines on which to base the food decision.
There is a growing body of recent evidence linking different social aspects of food (shopping location, culinary skills, sociability, but also sustainability and diet decision-making) with healthier dietary choices and better adherence to nutritional guidelines. In fact, the most recent food pyramids, such as the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid include these items as the first step to achieve a better and healthy diet. Moreover, there is no doubt that it is not only what one eats that matters, but also how and even with whom, the social aspects of eating. Trends are to a large extent are making us, almost, new cavemen, especially the younger ones. Furthermore, the whole process from shopping to the fact of eating, we often do it almost without communicating... what we could call "silent eating" which is certainly far from the model of eating and socialising in our Mediterranean way of life. And we also know that nutritionally, when food is not shared, the quality of the diet worsens, and even more worryingly, one is less happy.
Therefore, the main objective of the presentation is to understand the impact of lifestyles through their social and economic determinants on purchasing, cooking and consumption habits, as well as the knowledge and perception of food sustainability according to the different representative studies that we have been carrying out in the Spanish adult population in recent years.
The diet of every society, until relatively recently, was based on inherited dietary patterns that were passed down from generation to generation, which is what we know as dietary and culinary traditions, food habits. With the important changes that have taken place in our society, and although in general they should be considered as very positive, there has been a certain rupture in the teaching and traditions in the field of food, in short, of our Mediterranean heritage, in its broadest expression. This has led to a state of nutritional and gastronomic transition, in many occasions associated with disorientation, with a lack of guidelines on which to base the food decision.
There is a growing body of recent evidence linking different social aspects of food (shopping location, culinary skills, sociability, but also sustainability and diet decision-making) with healthier dietary choices and better adherence to nutritional guidelines. In fact, the most recent food pyramids, such as the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid include these items as the first step to achieve a better and healthy diet. Moreover, there is no doubt that it is not only what one eats that matters, but also how and even with whom, the social aspects of eating. Trends are to a large extent are making us, almost, new cavemen, especially the younger ones. Furthermore, the whole process from shopping to the fact of eating, we often do it almost without communicating... what we could call "silent eating" which is certainly far from the model of eating and socialising in our Mediterranean way of life. And we also know that nutritionally, when food is not shared, the quality of the diet worsens, and even more worryingly, one is less happy.
Therefore, the main objective of the presentation is to understand the impact of lifestyles through their social and economic determinants on purchasing, cooking and consumption habits, as well as the knowledge and perception of food sustainability according to the different representative studies that we have been carrying out in the Spanish adult population in recent years.