Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in the Balkans

Dr. Dipl. Eng. Alina-Ioana Gostin, originally from Romania, is a lecturer at College of Food, University College Birmingham, UK, teaching in the areas of Food Science and Technology, Food Safety, Diet and Nutrition. Dr Gostin’s research interests focus on technologies that improve quality and safety of foods. She is also the director of the Ambassador Programme of the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI). Diana Bogueva is a social scientist, specializing in sustainable food consumption, generational consumer behavior, food and masculinity, alternative proteins, novel food processing technologies, and food sustainability and harmonization. Her work has received several prestigious awards, including at the 24th and 28th Gourmand Awards, often likened to the Oscars for food books, for her edited book "Environmental, Health and Business Opportunities in the New Meat Alternatives Market" (2019) and co-authored book "Food in a Planetary Emergency" (2022). Her recent co-edited book "Nutrition Science, Marketing Nutrition, Health Claims, and Public Policy" (2023) is a finalist at the Association of American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE) Awards. Diana is currently a Research Fellow at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, where she also teaches the "People and Planet" unit as part of the Masters in Sustainability and Built Environment. She is the President of the Global Harmonization Initiative, headquartered in Vienna, and serves as a Board Member and Chair of the Consumer Perception Working Group.Dr. Vladimir Kakurinov is a Full Professor in Food Microbiology and Food Quality and Safety. He worked at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University and the Veterinary Medicine Faculty at St. Kliment Ohridski University, both in Republic of Macedonia. Now, he is founder and Executive Director of Consulting and Training Centre KEY dealing with international projects.

• PrologueChin-Kun WangForewordBoyko Nadiya1. Traditional Balkan foods in a global context: an introductionAlina-Ioana GostinImport 16-Oct-2019 10:082. History of eating habits in the BalkansAlina-Ioana Gostin and Diana Bogueva3. Balkan food cultures and traditionsEvgenia Krasteva-Blagoeva and Diana Bogueva4. Food, nutrition and health in AlbaniaDiola Dosti, Orana Sinani and Indrit Tila5. Food, nutrition and health in Bosnia and HerzegovinaSlavica Samardzic, Gordana Đurić, Vesna Rudic Grujic, Gordana Radovanovic, Tarik Dizdarevic and Suzana Đorđević-Milošević6. Food, nutrition and health in BulgariaDiana Bogueva, Magdalena Apostolova and Svetla Danova 7. Food, nutrition and health in CroatiaDaniela Čačić Kenjerić and Darja Sokolić 8. Food, nutrition and health in GreeceTryfon Adamidis, Maria Papageorgiou and Kyriaki Zinoviadou9. Food, nutrition and health in KosovoAgim Rysha10. Food, nutrition and health in MacedoniaVladimir Kakurinov, Valentina Pavlova and Nadica llievska11. Food, nutrition and health in MontenegroAleksandra Martinovic and Slavko Mirecki12. Food, nutrition and health in SerbiaSuzana Đorđević-Milošević, Jasna Mastilović, Svetlana Stanišić and Nataša Kilibarda13. Food, nutrition and health in SloveniaMaša Knez Hrnčič, Darija Cör and Željko Knez14. Food, nutrition and health in RomaniaCorina-Aurelia Zugravu, Dana Gafiţianu and Anca Ioana Nicolau15. Food, nutrition and health in MoldovaRodica Sturza and Aliona Ghendov-Moşanu16. Food, nutrition and health in Turkey, the European partBirsen Bulut-Solak17. Common nutrition and health issuesDzengis Jasar and Biljana Curcic 18. Common regulatory issues and proposals to harmonise regulationsIuliana Vintilă19. Traditional Balkan Foods:Future OutlookIsmail Hakkı Tekiner