Abstract
Nutritionists are classically concerned with the associations between nutrients and diets and nutrition and health outcomes. Understanding these associations is important. Insufficient and poor quality food, especially during pregnancy and in early childhood is a major contributor to the high burden of undernutrition: globally, 159 million children younger than 5 years are stunted (too short for their age), 50 million children globally are wasted (dangerously thin), and more than 3 million children die every year from causes associated with undernutrition. Simultaneously, nutrition-related chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some forms of cancer are major contributors to the global burden of disease. Ambitious goals have been set by the international community to eliminate malnutrition in all its forms, and 2016 saw the start of a UN Decade of Action on Nutrition designed to reinvigorate national and international efforts for nutrition.
Highlights
Nutritionists are classically concerned with the associ ations between nutrients and diets and nutrition and health outcomes
Insufficient and poor quality food, especially during pregnancy and in early childhood is a major contributor to the high burden of undernutrition: globally, 159 million children younger than 5 years are stunted, 50 million children globally are wasted, and more than 3 million children die every year from causes associated with undernutrition.[1,2]
Agriculture is a major contributor to environmental impacts, there are many opportunities to mitigate or reduce these impacts that will become increasingly important as the demand for food continues to rise
Summary
Nutritionists are classically concerned with the associ ations between nutrients and diets and nutrition and health outcomes. The food system—encompassing the production, processing, marketing, and purchase of food and the related consumer behaviours, resources and institutions—appears to be struggling to deliver nutritious and healthy diets in an equitable manner.
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