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- February 24, 2016
A food system considers the multiple activities, resources and actors engaged in producing, processing, distributing and consuming food. These are all shaped by, and interact with, every- thing from soup to nuts – i.e., all the environmental, social, political and economic boundary conditions that determine what type of food can be produced where, how it is used, and by whom. All these elements are strongly influenced by global change drivers such as population growth, changing consumption patterns, biodiversity loss, and climate change. Given that our food systems are already struggling to bring home the bacon (i.e., to deliver on their intended outcomes of global food and nutrition security) these increasing pressures will catapult our tasks out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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CONTENT
Guest Editorial by Kalpana Beesabathuni and Michelle Grant
Infograph: Food Taboos During Pregnancy and Lactation Across the World
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Making Stunting a Development Indicator
RESEARCH-BASED EVIDENCE
Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys
Resilience in Food Systems
PERSPECTIVES IN NUTRITION SCIENCE
Sustainable Food Systems for a Healthy World
Non-Communicable Diseases, Food Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals
The Multiple Burdens of Malnutrition
Setting New Frontiers for 21st Century Food Systems Research and Action
Innovative Financing for Nutrition
Improving Nutritious Food Systems by Establishing National Micronutrient Premix Supply Systems
To Feed Ten Billion, Crop Yields Have to Rise
China’s Nutrition Activities in Africa
The Protein Challenge 2040
Food Waste in the Developing World
OBITURARY
THE BIGGER PICTURE
A Day in the Life of Patrizia Fracassi
The Lazio Declaration for Implementation Science in Nutrition
CONGRESS REPORTS
The 2nd International Conference on Global Food Security
Tackling Food System Challenges
Technical Meeting on EED, the Microbiome and Undernutrition
Nutrition for Sustainable Development
FIELD REPORTS
Technology and the Future of Food
Tackling Malnutrition through Food Systems Approaches in Columbia
SPEACIAL FEAUTRE
Key Findings from the European Commission Global Food Security 2030 Foresight Study
African Countries Commit to Improve Vitamin A Supplementation Programs
Some Common Myths Associated with Food Debunked