Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century

Eggersdorfer M, Kraemer K, Cordaro JB, Fanzo J, Gibney M, Kennedy E, Labrique A, Steffen J eds (2016) Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century. Basel, New York, Karger, 2016

This book provides the latest perspectives on the nutrition challenges that are now common to all societies worldwide. It argues that the case for good nutrition for all people, in all parts of the globe and throughout the entire life-cycle, is growing stronger. The book is written with the general reader in mind, and offers insights and opinions from some of the world’s most influential and respected experts in the field. Divided into five sections, each chapter is fully self-contained and offers recommendations for further reading. Graphics and case studies from a wide variety of sources enrich the flow of the narrative.

‘Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century’, builds on DSM’s first publication, ‘The Road to Good Nutrition’, which was awarded first prize in the health and social care category of the British Medical Association (BMA) annual medical book awards.

The digital version of this book is only downloadable by chapters

Preliminaries
Key Definitions / Executive Summary
Section 1: A World Hungry for Nutrition

• Chapter 1.1 Ten Forces Shaping the Global Food System
• Chapter 1.2 Population Growth and Malnutrition
• Chapter 1.3 Managing Value Chains for Improved Nutrition
• Chapter 1.4 Towards a Balanced "Healthy Diet" for the 21st Century
• Chapter 1.5 The Limits to Consumerism

Section 2: Nutrition, Health and Economic Status

• Chapter 2.1 The Economics of Poor Nutrition: Patterns, consequences and costs
• Chapter 2.2 The Economic Causes of Malnutrition
• Chapter 2.3 Diet and Non-Communicable Diseases: An urgent need for new paradigms
• Chapter 2.4 The Mediterranean Diet

Section 3: Sustainable Food Systems

• Chapter 3.1 Approaches to Fixing Broken Food Systems
• Chapter 3.2 Nutrition and Climate: Requirements for mitigating the influence of climate change
• Chapter 3.3 Sustainable Diets for Nutrition and Environmental Health: The impact of food choices, dietary patterns and consumerism on the planet
• Chapter 3.4 Food Loss and Waste: The potential impact of engineering less waste

Section 4: From Science to Solutions

• Chapter 4.1 From Science to Solutions: Effective deployment of evidence-based science for improved nutrition and successful policy-making at international, national and local levels
• Chapter 4.2 The Power of People-Centered Nutrition Interventions
• Chapter 4.3 The Use of New and Existing Tools and Technologies to Support the Global Nutrition Agenda: The innovation opportunity
• Chapter 4.4 Convergent Innovation for Addressing Malnutrition: Scaling up cross-sector solutions from the social economy

Section 5: Transforming the Nutrition Landscape

• Chapter 5.1 Personalized Nutrition: Paving the way to better population health
• Chapter 5.2 Providing Access to Nutrient-Rich Diets for Vulnerable Groups in Low- and Middle-Income Settings
• Chapter 5.3 Ensuring Good Nutrition for Vulnerable Population Groups such as Elderly and Hospitalized Individuals in Affluent Societies
• Chapter 5.4 Nutrition-Specific and Nutrition-Sensitive Interventions
• Chapter 5.5 The Role of Good Governance in Delivering Good Nutrition
• Chapter 5.6 What Gets Measured Gets Done: How nutrition monitoring, impact evaluation, and surveillance can support program improvement and policy development
• Chapter 5.7 The Critical Role of Food Safety in Ensuring Food Security
• Chapter 5.8 Putting the Sustainable Development Goals into Practice

Biographies
Index
Colophon

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20 October 2016. Rome. A Side Event at the UN Committee of World Food Security presented the book “Good Nutrition: Perspectives for the 21st Century” and encouraged a dialogue between CFS stakeholders – specifically governments, UN agencies, civil society and private sector – dedicated to work related to food security and nutrition at global, national and regional levels. The event provided important input, not only to those already dedicated to working in the nutrition space, but also to stakeholder new to this area, who are seeking to learn more about the challenges and solutions for nutrition, and what CFS’s role and their own might be working within multi-stakeholder partnerships.

• Keynote, Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director GAIN
• Manfred Eggersdorfer, University Medical Centre Groningen and DSM,
• Klaus Kraemer, Sight and Life Foundation,
• Hilal Elver, UN Special Rapporteur on Right to Food, 
• Lauren Landis, UN World Food Programme,
• Jessica Fanzo, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health,
• John B. Codaro, Global Food and Nutrition Business Advisor,
• Hinrich Thölken, German Ambassador to Rome-based UN Agencies,
• Jonathan Steffen, Jonathan Steffen Limited