Disrupted food systems in the WHO European region – a threat or opportunity for healthy and sustainable food and nutrition?
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- Rippin et al_Food Security_2020_Vol 12(4)_859-864
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Dietary health and sustainability are inextricably linked. Food systems that are not sustainable often fail to provide the amount or types of food needed to ensure population health. The ongoing pandemic threatens to exacerbate malnutrition, and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This paper discusses threats and opportunities for food environments and health status across the WHO European Region in the current context. These opportunities and threats are focused around four key areas: NCDs and health systems; dietary behaviour; food insecurity and vulnerable groups; and food supply mechanisms. Food systems were already under great stress. Now with the pandemic, the challenges to food systems in the WHO European Region have been exacerbated, demanding from all levels of government swift adaptations to manage healthiness, availability, accessibility and affordability of food. Cities and governments in the Region should capitalize on this unique opportunity to ‘build back better’ and make bold and lasting changes to the food system and consequently to the health and wellbeing of people and sustainability of the planet.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Food Security |
Vol/bind | 12 |
Udgave nummer | 4 |
Sider (fra-til) | 859-864 |
Antal sider | 6 |
ISSN | 1876-4517 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2020 |
Bibliografisk note
CURIS 2020 NEXS 404
Funding Information:
This research was funded by the WHO Regional office for Europe. Funding for the publication was received from the Government of the Russian Federation within the context of the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD Office).
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© 2020, The Author(s).
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