• The technician from the Centre for AgroFood Economics and Development (CREDA) will share the advances and tools designed within the framework of the European project SWITCHtoHEALTHY.
• The conference, which will take place on 27 and 28 November, will host a total of 38 speakers who will participate in sessions and workshops.

November 24, 2023

The technician in Food Waste and Nutrition at the Center for AgroFood Economics and Development (CREDA), Amèlia Sarroca, will participate next Monday, November 27 in the 4th edition of the international conference ‘Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean’, organized by the Torribera Mediterranean Center (TMC) of the University of Barcelona and the Culinary Institute of America.

Sarroca will be one of the speakers of the first session of the day, ‘The Mediterranean Diet: Latest Findings and Emerging Research to Support to Personal and Planetary Health’. As the name suggests, during this session, each speaker will present the latest research that has worked on in the field of health and sustainability. Once presented, a round table will be held to discuss the research of all participants.

The presentation of the technician will revolve around the SWITCHtoHEALTHY project, an initiative framed in the PRIMA program of the European Union. This project aims to “promote a change in the eating behaviour of all family members towards a Mediterranean dietary pattern”, assures. In order to carry out their purposes, some of SWITCHtoHEALTHY’s participating partners, such as research centers and universities, are developing educational tools and materials that “help all family members become aware of the benefits of healthy eating”.

Besides Sarroca, three other speakers will participate in this first session: the Senior Consultant of the Internal Medicine Department of the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Ramón Estruch, the President of the Chartier World Lab, François Chartier, and the Director of the Culinary Arts and Gastronomy Research Group of CETT-UB Tourism and Hospitality, Helena Martín.

HOW THE EVENT WORKS
The conference ‘Tomorrow Tastes Mediterranean’ will take place on November 27 and 28 and aims to present solutions to the different actors involved in the food sector, emphasizing those who work to transfer healthy, sustainable and cultural principles of the Mediterranean diet.

The event, which will host a total of 38 speakers, will be divided into sessions and workshops spread over the two days. On the one hand, a total of 9 sessions will be held on Monday with topics such as: consumption of vegetables and vegetables, the creation of restaurants with plant-based menus or learning techniques of using olive oil.

On the other hand, throughout Tuesday attendees will participate in a series of workshops taught by different personalities related to the gastronomic world, from chefs and cooks, to journalists and oil professionals.

WHY THE MEDITERRANEAN DIET AND NO OTHER?
According to experts, the Mediterranean diet “is one of the healthiest ways to eat in the world, as it provides benefits for people’s physical and mental health”. In turn, this regime is easy to follow and sustainable in the long term, and the variety of foods that compose it allows people who do not live in a Mediterranean country to access it.

This year 2023, the American magazine US. News and World Report ranked the Mediterranean diet as number 1, in addition to highlighting it as the best plant-based diet, since among the main products that compose it we find fresh fruits and vegetables, cereals and legumes.