More and more people are becoming overweight and obese, with increasing diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Behind the global shifts in malnutrition and NCDs are unhealthy diets and a sedentary lifestyle. Our food systems and the food environments are not delivering on the diets needed to...
by Felix Adamu Nandonde This study addresses three distinct but interrelated issues in the integration of local food suppliers in modern food distribution in Tanzania. These issues are: What are key factors driving the development of modern food retailing in Tanzania? What factors influence the...
FSN Forum brief based on the online discussion "Are there any successful policies and programmes to fight overweight and obesity?" held from 14 June to 7 July 2016, facilitated by Francisca Silva Torrealba from the Catholic University of Chile and Rodrigo Vásquez Panizza from FAO Chile.
FSN Forum brief based on the online discussions Pulses are praised for their health, environmental and economic benefits. How can their full potential be tapped? and Pulses: innovations from the field to the cooking pot, which were held from 25 May to 19 June 2016 and from 14 October to 4 November...
The report begins by reviewing the evidence to date focussing on the magnitude and geographical distribution of food losses. In the next sections the role of energy in post-harvest losses is discussed. Thereafter, the main entry points within the food value chain where lack of access to energy is...
by Karl von Koerber, Nadine Bader and Claus Leitzmann Working Group Sustainable Nutrition, Mutter-Teresa-Strasse 20, 81829 Munich, Germany Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany 'Wholesome Nutrition' is a concept of sustainable nutrition that was developed at...
Two Important Obstacles to the Success of a Policy ( by Lal Manavado, University of Oslo, Norway) Other things being equal, a government’s success in achieving an objective depends on the internal harmony among the components of the policy it implements to attain it, and the inter-policy harmony...
Many policies to combat food insecurity have neglected to take into account the territorial dimension of this issue. The nature of food insecurity varies significantly across urban and rural regions as well as across different territories. If policies are to be effective, they must also reflect...
An in-depth analysis carried out by students of the Roma Tre Master in Human Devlopment and Food Secuirty of comments on the technical issues related to malnutrition and the outcome of the political documents.
This issue of the Newsletter of the University of Western Australia includes several articles on pulses, linking to the UN 2016 International Year of Pulses.