title: Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease: the penalty for neglecting the benefit.
abstract: This brief review strongly suggests that the traditional mediterranean diet with its pyramid of nutrients, high fish consumption and an adequate physical activity is a desirable component of a life style model for the world being rapidly transformed by the effects of globalization (Fig. 1, Ref. 7).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Preventive and Clinical Medicine, Bratislava, Slovakia. ginter.emil@mail.t-com.sk
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ginter
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simko
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D038441:Diet, Mediterranean; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D019083:Mediterranean Region