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Diet modelling: How it can inform the development of dietary recommendations and public health policy
Author(s) -
Buttriss J. L.,
Briend A.,
Darmon N.,
Ferguson E. L.,
Maillot M.,
Lluch A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nutrition bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1467-3010
pISSN - 1471-9827
DOI - 10.1111/nbu.12076
Subject(s) - prosperity , food security , obesity , environmental health , population , public health , business , session (web analytics) , medicine , economic growth , political science , geography , economics , nursing , archaeology , agriculture , advertising
Summary With the global population expected to increase to 9 billion by 2050 coupled with concerns about food security in relation to climate change and increasing prosperity in many parts of the world causing desire for a less monotonous diet, efficient use of resources such as food becomes ever more important. While the prevalence of obesity is a cause for concern in many parts of the world, many people still go to bed hungry, and in many communities, obesity co‐exists with poor diet quality. The result is a series of complex and challenging nutrition problems, such as the access to nutritionally adequate and affordable diets and the development of dietary recommendations. Diet modelling is a useful tool to help identify solutions to such complex questions and this paper summarises a session on this topic at the I nternational C ongress of N utrition that took place in S eptember 2013.