Mediterranean diet, type 2 diabetes prevention and healthy ageing: Do we need more evidence?

Dr Giuseppe Maltese, IMSoGB board member and Prof Richard Siow, Director of Ageing Research at King’s, comment on the Mediterranean diet for prevention of type 2 diabetes and healthy ageing and ask whether supporting a Mediterranean diet is worthwhile. Accumulating clinical evidence shows that the benefits related to this diet are robust and adoption will potentially translate into reduced risk and prevalence of type 2 diabetes, improve healthy longevity and significantly lower personal and societal health care expenditures.