consuming a healthy diet throughout the lifecourse helps prevent malnutrition in all its forms as well as a range of non-communicable diseases (ncds) and conditions. but the increased production of processed food, rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns. people are now consuming more foods high in energy, fats, free sugars or salt/sodium, and many do n...

background: low fruit and vegetable intake is a major risk factor for cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke. the recommended intake of five portions per day would reduce death rates from these causes by 20%. in order to have reach fruit and vegetables in daily diet among students, this study examines a brief preventive intervention as for embedding schools action and students role for keepi...

THE FOOD, SOCIAL, HEALTH, AND LIVING ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS HAVE A HUGE INFLUENCE ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS (FIGURE 6.1). For optimal nutrition, these underlying factors matter. For example, the food environment should make healthy diets available, affordable, accessible, and desirable. The social environment should set norms about good nutrition and hygiene and support people ...

Background: Over the past twenty years, fertility problems have increased dramatically. At least 25 percent of couples planning a baby will have trouble conceiving, and more and more couples are turning to fertility treatments to help them have a family. Eating a fertility diet in preparation for pregnancy and to boost fertility is one of the most powerful health changes everyone can make. It i...

Consuming a healthy diet throughout the lifecourse helps prevent malnutrition in all its forms as well as a range of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and conditions. But the increased production of processed food, rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles have led to a shift in dietary patterns. People are now consuming more foods high in energy, fats, free sugars or salt/sodium, and many do n...

The notion of the Mediterranean diet has undergone a progressive evolution over the past 60 years, from a healthy dietary pattern to a sustainable dietary pattern, in which nutrition, food, cultures, people, environment, and sustainability all interact into a new model of a sustainable diet. An overview of the historical antecedents and recent increased interest in the Mediterranean diet is pre...

BACKGROUND Low dietary quality is a key contributor to obesity and related illnesses, and lower income is generally associated with worse dietary profiles. The unequal geographic distribution of healthy food resources could be a key contributor to income disparities in dietary profiles. PURPOSE To explore the role that economic segregation can have in creating income differences in healthy ea...

The present paper considers the need to move from a 'health education' approach to dietary health to an approach that focuses on food and nutrition policies at the population level, and especially those policies that avoid widening the inequalities in health between different socio-economic groups and those policies that promote healthy diets among children. Recent moves at the international le...