Copyright
Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh; Alexa Meyer;Published On
2023-01-09ISBN
Language
- English
Print Length
316 pages (xxii+294)Dimensions
Weight
Media
OCLC Number
1365390867LCCN
2021385932BIC
- JFCV
- MBNH3
- WBH
- WBHS
- 1QRM
BISAC
- SOC055000
- SOC008060
- HEA048000
- HEA034000
- CKB055000
LCC
- HD9018.M44
Keywords
- nutrition
- health
- World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region
- food systems actions
Reshaping Food Systems to improve Nutrition and Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
This detailed and comprehensive study examines nutrition and health in the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, presenting the six game-changing food systems actions proposed by the WHO and the progress of their implementation in the region.
The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region is a particularly complex place to study: an area of economic contrasts with changing dietary patterns and stark differences between high levels of malnutrition and a prevalence of overweight and obesity. As a result, actions to improve the nutritional situation of the population are urgently sought. The strategies explored in this book offer a unique opportunity to change food systems all over the world, addressing aspects including sustainable food production, the impact of marketing and labelling on behaviour, and the effect of global events such as climate change, war and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reshaping Food Systems is an essential read at a time when malnutrition in all its forms, including undernourishment, micronutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, pose a serious threat to global health, and is of particular interest for policymakers working in nutrition and public health.
Endorsements
'Reshaping Food Systems' provides an informative and comprehensive overview of the nutritional status, food policies, data intake and food system in the Eastern Mediterranean region. This excellent book contributes greatly to our understanding of nutrition and food systems and it will be of interest to researchers and students in the field of nutrition, as well as policymakers working in nutrition and public health.
Prof Maha Hoteit
Lebanese University
Reviews
The bulk of this work reviews and assesses many policy approaches that can be taken in the context of the World Health Organization’s "six 'game changing' food system actions": fortification, reformulation, and product labeling on one hand; fiscal, procurement, and regulatory policies on the other. Much detail is provided in a no-nonsense style that makes this as much a global reference as a barometer of the Eastern Mediterranean region. Libraries would benefit from having a hard copy of this open source publication for easy reference.
S. P. Duffy
CHOICE connect , vol. 61, no. 5, 2024.
Additional Resources
Contents
Introduction
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1.2 Challenges to Current Food Systems
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1.3 Food Waste and Losses and Water Use
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2.2 The Increasing Problem of Overweight and Obesity
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2.3 Micronutrient Deficiencies
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3.1 Fiscal Policies for Healthy and Sustainable Diets
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3.3 Food Labelling with Focus on Front-of-Pack Labelling
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3.4 Reformulating Food Products
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3.5 Public Food Procurement and Service Policies to Support Healthy Sustainable Diets
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3.6 Food Fortification, Including Biofortification
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4. Conclusion and Outlook
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Contributors
Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh
(author)Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh is an international expert in nutrition and the author of more than 150 publications and books on nutrition, food systems and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He has worked with the World Health Organization as a Regional Adviser in Nutrition in the Eastern Mediterranean Region since 2009, and prior to that he was a leading member of the United Nations World Food Programme for 20 years, focusing on countries including Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Malawi, and Iraq. In his work he manages multiple international executive functions, including nutrition policies and strategies, research and capacity-building programmes that address the double burden of malnutrition, including maternal and child nutrition, diet-related risk factors for non-communicable diseases, and nutrition for emergencies in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
Alexa Meyer
(author)Alexa L. Meyer graduated with a PhD in nutritional sciences and worked as a scientific assistant at the University of Vienna, Austria, contributing to the European Nutrition and Health Report 2009, the Austrian Nutrition Report 2012, and the Palestinian Micronutrient Survey 2013 in cooperation with the Ministry of Health of the State of Palestine. She is also the author or co-author of several scientific papers, book chapters, and books on nutritional immunology, food composition as well as public health nutrition. Currently, she works at the Geriatric Care Hospital "Haus der Barmherzigkeit" in Vienna.