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Rachel Nugent

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Organisation: University of Washington
Pays: États-Unis d'Amérique
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Nutrition-related chronic diseases and agricultural and food system interventions to improve health

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    • Dear All:

       

      Thanks for the good discussion. As part of the anniversary of the UN High Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases, yesterday the ONE blog published a short piece on agriculture and food security (http://www.one.org/blog/2012/09/19/food-is-linked-to-ncds-and-producers-...) that urges a broader understanding of food security. This was much debated in the last FSN discussion [Coming to terms with terminology, ed.], but here we are making the point that the formal definition is not lacking so much as the interpretation for programming purposes of what real food security is – including avoidance of excess calories without nutrition. Achieving that goal requires substantial changes in agriculture and food systems as my report details.

       

      You asked what research needs to be done to narrow the gap between agriculture and good nutrition. Here are a few suggestions.

       

      Improve understanding of causal links among agriculture, nutrition, and various health outcomes

      Develop “mutual metrics” that are understood and endorsed by all sectors to they can work together on common objectives

      Produce a generalizable measure of food diversity

      Improve understanding of what influences consumer behavior to consume healthy food

      Understand how to implement and measure the impacts of policy choices across sectors

       

      Thanks.

       

      rachel

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      Rachel A. Nugent, Ph.D. | Director

      Disease Control Priorities Network | Department of Global Health

      University of Washington | Seattle, WA 98104