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- Mediterranean Diet: a multidisciplinary approach to develop a new territorial strategy.Publication . de Freitas, Ana; Dias Azinheira Rebelo Braz, Nídia Maria; BERNARDES, João Pedro; Cruz, Ana Lúcia; Quintas, Célia; Rodrigues Gonçalves, Alexandra; Romano, Anabela; Palma Mateus, MariaMediterranean Diet (MD) integrates territorial diversities, economic and lifestyle changes. These characteristics represent an enormous potential, for a sustainable food pattern and healthy lifestyles, biodiversity and to valorisation of local products. In 2013 Portugal joined the UNESCO MD application for Intangible Cultural Heritage. The University of Algarve, in a partnership with the Competence Centre for the Mediterranean Diet, 4 Regional Agriculture Directorates of mainland Portugal, Tavira City Council (Representative Community) and the Higher Education Institutions’ Network for MD Safe-guard, developed a set of activities with the aim of strengthening the national strategy for MD promotion and safeguard. The activities aimed to raise awareness of the MD characteristics in each territory and to enable effective articulation within the main stakeholders, in a quadruple helix – Agriculture, Health, Heritage and Tour-ism. It was possible to gather a wide range of actors with responsibility in preservation and promotion of MD in each Region. The created working groups are developing further work leading to a safeguard strategy for MD in each Region and the set-up of Regional Commissions for MD (CRDMs). Results point out the relevance of geographical indications (GI) registration of regional characteristic products as a key factor for MD safeguard.