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Actions in global nutrition initiatives to promote sustainable healthy diets

Authors :
Kate Wellard
Helen Walls
Edward A. Frongillo
Christine E. Blake
Ligia I. Reyes
Shilpa Constantinides
Shiva Bhandari
Sigrid Wertheim-Heck
Pepijn Schreinemachers
Michelle Holdsworth
Tuan Nguyen
Christopher Turner
Amos Laar
University of South Carolina [Columbia]
World Vegetable Center
Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR)
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
Montpellier Interdisciplinary center on Sustainable Agri-food systems (Social and nutritional sciences) (UMR MoISA)
Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM)
Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro)
Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
University of Ghana
Institute of Research in Economics, Environment and Data Science (IREEDS)
University of Greenwich
This research has been funded by the Drivers of Food Choice Competitive Grants Programs, which is funded by the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1110043)
Source :
Global Food Security, Global Food Security, Elsevier, 2021, 31, 15 p. ⟨10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100585⟩, Global Food Security 31 (2021), Global Food Security, 31
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2021.

Abstract

International audience; Multiple recent global nutrition initiatives have recommended actions to transform food systems to improve food environments and food choice. This study aimed to identify actions recommended by these initiatives and understand their similarities and differences. Twelve global nutrition initiatives were reviewed, collectively spanning 13 action themes and accompanying strategies. Action themes were analyzed according to primary focus on either food environments and their food system drivers or food choice. Representation of the 13 actions varied across initiatives. Some actions overlapped; others were infrequently represented. Strategies targeting food environments and their food system drivers were more frequently recommended than strategies targeting food choice for 11 of the 13 action themes. Although these global initiatives share a mission to improve nutrition through food systems and food environments, less attention has been allocated to individual food choice and sustainability.

Details

ISSN :
22119124
Volume :
31
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Global Food Security
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b7f52986e7d1b7479c39290faa30a586
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100585