Sustainable Diets: Linking Nutrition and Food Systems

This book explores the transition to sustainable diets within the context of sustainable food systems, addressing the right to food, linking food security and nutrition to sustainability, and reviewing tools, methods, and indicators for assessing sustainable diets. It is essential reading for scientists, practitioners, and students in nutrition science, food science, environmental sciences, agricultural sciences, development studies, food studies, public health, and food policy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 280 pages
Publication date: 10 December 2018
Publisher: CABI Publishing

This comprehensive book takes a transdisciplinary approach, integrating health, agriculture, and environmental sector issues to explore the topic of sustainable diets in depth. A team of international authors, renowned for their expertise, presents a wealth of information, arguments, challenges, perspectives, policies, actions, and solutions on global topics that require a thorough understanding to be effectively addressed. They firmly position sustainable diets as a critical component of the Earth's future.

The book delves into the transition to sustainable diets within the context of sustainable food systems, emphasizing the right to food and the interconnectedness of food security and nutrition with sustainability. It highlights the urgency of coordinated action and explores how to engage multiple sectors in dialogue and joint research to tackle the pressing problems that have pushed the planet's limits to growth.

The book also provides a comprehensive review of tools, methods, and indicators for assessing sustainable diets. It draws from case studies on both traditional food systems and current dietary challenges, offering valuable insights and lessons learned. As an affiliated project of the One Planet Sustainable Food Systems Programme, this book serves as a valuable resource for scientists, practitioners, and students in the fields of nutrition science, food science, environmental sciences, agricultural sciences, development studies, food studies, public health, and food policy.

By presenting the latest findings and offering a forward-looking perspective, this book provides a roadmap for achieving global and local targets, including the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition commitments. It is an essential reading for anyone seeking to contribute to the development of sustainable and nutritious food systems for a healthier and more sustainable future.

Weight: 916g
Dimension: 179 x 252 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786392848