From this scientific review, convincing or highly suggestive evidence was seen for a positive role of the Mediterranean diet for:
Using one scientific review on the Mediterranean diet to illustrate the scope of the research field, it included 13 meta-analyses of observational studies and 16 meta-analyses of randomised-controlled trials. A meta-analysis combines the results of several scientific studies. From this scientific review, convincing or highly suggestive evidence was seen for a positive role of the Mediterranean diet for: