What can food policy do to redirect the diet transition?
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n the twenty-first century, developing countries will have to cope with the transition from acute disease to acute plus chronic disease. The two main contributors to this trend are diet and activity levels, both of which are changing at historically rapid rates. This paper focuses on dietary changes. Where good data on food consumption are available, they show that the availability and intake of foods that are risk factors for chronic diseases are increasing rapidly in urban and rural areas and across all income groups. Increases in overweight and obesity rates in the developing world show similar patterns. The coexistence of a double burden of undernutrition and “overnutrition” adds to human suffering and economic costs. It also complicates the design of food policy. This paper asks: “What can food policy do to redirect the transition in diets toward healthier outcomes?” The paper reviews the drivers of the changes in diet and the potential of both demandand supply-side food policy options to influence the drivers. The paper ends by highlighting the challenges posed to food policy design by the coexistence of—and linkages and trade-offs between—underand overnutrition.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Food and nutrition bulletin
دوره 26 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005