Safe and Sustainable Food Systems for People, Planet, and Climate
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 6057
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Interests: vaccine; hesitancy; public health; systematic reviews; meta-analysis; epidemiology
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Interests: nutrition; diets; umbrella review; cardiometabolic factors
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Interests: nutrition; diets; sustainability; food labeling; food quality; cereals; antioxidants; phenolic; antioxidant activity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic, along with numerous other public health issues such as antimicrobial resistance, climate change and desertification, are highlighting the urgency of a robust and resilient food system able to ensure equitable, safe and sufficient food for both humans and animals, while limiting the impact on the planet. These public health challenges have raised awareness of the strong interaction between human health, ecosystems, supply chains, dietary patterns and planetary boundaries, calling for a sustainable food chain that combines environmental, animal, societal and human health. In this context, the Farm to Fork strategy emphasizes the sustainability of food system as a trait d’union between a sustainable food environment and sustainable diets. Sustainable diets able to improve (or guarantee) human health, planet health, while reducing health costs for the entire society.
In order to foster the transition outlined in the Farm to Fork strategy to generate tangible changes in people’s food choices, new agricultural, food and health policies, as well as strategic actions and citizen education campaigns, become of paramount importance.
The aim of this Special Issue is to collect scientific studies (both original manuscripts and reviews), focusing on the strict link between the food system and human and planet health, including but not limited to those on good food sustainability practices and evidence on educational campaigns, the effectiveness of health policies and their impacts on health, environmental, ethical, social and economic aspects.
Special attention will be paid to original research (including meta-analyses). Studies do not necessarily have to offer ‘positive results’ (i.e., results that confirm previous literature). Rigorous work in which conclusions offer novelties that present exceptions to previous studies is also welcome.
Dr. Vincenza Gianfredi
Dr. Monica Dinu
Dr. Daniela Martini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- dietary patterns
- human health
- planet health
- ecosystems
- supply chains
- food behavior
- food choice
- food
- nutritive value
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