RT Book, Section
A1 Kennedy, Eileen
A2 Boulton, Matthew L.
A2 Wallace, Robert B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182671066
T1 Nutrition and Global Food Systems
T2 Maxcy-Rosenau-Last Public Health & Preventive Medicine, 16e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644511
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182671066
RD 2024/04/19
AB In  2016,  the  United  Nations  declared  a  worldwide  Decade  of  Action  on  Nutrition.1  The  focus  of  this  decade  is  the  elimination  of  malnutrition  in  all  its  forms,  including  undernutrition,  micronutrient  deficiencies,  and  overnutrition.  This  is  a  sharp  departure  from  the  historical  emphasis  of  the  United  Nations  agencies  on  the  undernutrition  component  of  the  nutrition  continuum.  A  key  element  of  the  global  strategy  to  address  malnutrition  in  all  its  forms  is  a  food  systems  approach.  Indeed,  food  systems  are  identified  as  one  of  six  actions  to  promote  healthy  diets.1  This  chapter  has  a  twofold  purpose:  (1)  summarize  our  knowledge  of  typologies  of  food  systems  and  pathways  of  impact  on  diet  quality  and  nutritional  status  and  (2)  analyze  policies  and  programs  that  can  enhance  the  diet  quality  and  nutrition  impacts  of  food  systems.