Structural Racism
Mediterranean Diet
100

Judgment and/or behavior that results from subtle cognitive processes that often operate at a level below conscious awareness and without intentional control.

What is implicit bias

100

Burt’s analysis suggests that the promotion of the Mediterranean Diet often ignores the cultural foods of these marginalized racial and ethnic groups (name one)

Who are Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC)

200

Allocation of differential economic, political, and even psychological rewards to groups along racial lines which are socially constructed.

 What is institutional racism

200

Despite the Mediterranean region’s cultural diversity, the Mediterranean Diet is often based solely on the diets of these two European countries.

What are Italy and Greece

300

Areas clustered by race/ethnicity that results in poorer access to quality, fresh foods

What is racial segregation

300

In 1993, this model was created to represent the Mediterranean Diet and it continued to reinforce the diet’s origin in white Mediterranean culture.

What is the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid (MDP)

500

Racial composition of neighborhoods that resulted in the denial of access to resources supporting health and nutrition

What is redlining

500

This researcher conducted the Seven Countries Study, linking diet and cardiovascular disease, which helped popularize the Mediterranean Diet.

Who is Ancel Keys

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