Action Plan for a Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People

Abstract

INTRODUCTION The Inaugural Conference on ‘Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People’ of the World Council on Genetics, Nutrition and Fitness for Health was held at Ancient Olympia, Greece on October 5-8, 2010. The focus of the Conference was on the evolutionary aspects of diet throughout the life cycle in terms of genetic predisposition, health, disease prevention and sedentary lifestyles; the dietary changes brought about by modern agriculture, agribusiness, food production systems, changes in climate and the need for urban agriculture and architecture, all of which are influenced by governments, national and international policies. Therefore the role of governments and international organizations was extensively discussed during the last session of the Conference by the participants from 20 countries representing six continents.