Open AccessDisentagling nutrition facts from fiction: Towards healthy and sustainable consumption in industrialized societies
Author(s) -
Clara Gómez-Donoso,
Miguel A. MartínezGonzález,
Maira Bes–Rastrollo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mètode. annual review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2174-9221
pISSN - 2174-3487
DOI - 10.7203/metode.11.16202
Subject(s) - overconsumption , industrialisation , urbanization , consumption (sociology) , context (archaeology) , globalization , obesity , environmental health , development economics , business , economic growth , economics , geography , medicine , sociology , social science , market economy , production (economics) , archaeology , macroeconomics
Over the last centuries, in the context of industrialization, globalization and urbanization, profound dietary changes have occurred. Ubiquitous access to cheap, readily available and highly palatable unhealthy products, together with aggressive marketing that forcefully impacts social norms, have led to overconsumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods. This has not only been associated with a higher prevalence of obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, but also with detrimental effects on the world’s natural resources. Broader and braver public health measures favoring the availability and affordability of healthy, minimally processed foods should be implemented in conjunction with educational strategies to re-encourage a healthy and sustainable food consumption.