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Current global food systems are failing to deliver high-quality diets, resulting in a triple burden of malnutrition (undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and obesity) that represents the number one risk factor for global disease burden.
Your current food environment is actively working against your health by making unhealthy foods cheaper and more available than nutritious ones. Individual willpower is insufficient to overcome this systemic failure. To improve your diet, you must actively navigate these barriers by seeking out affordable nutrient-dense options (like pulses, vegetables, and animal-source foods where affordable) and advocating for policy changes that make healthy choices the default, rather than relying on the market to self-correct.
Malnutrition associated with diets that are not nutritious or safe represents the number one risk factor in the global burden of disease. These low-quality diets contain insufficient calories, vitamins and minerals or contain too many calories, saturated fats, salt and sugar.
Why this rating
Based on a comprehensive Foresight report synthesizing global data from FAO, WHO, and Global Burden of Study, involving multiple expert reviews.
Source
Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century
Lisa B. Haddad et al. · City Research Online (City University London) · 2016
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