Food Systems: Pathways for Improved Diets and Nutrition

Curr Dev Nutr. 2018 Jul 30;2(9):nzy027. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzy027. eCollection 2018 Sep.

Abstract

The United Nations has declared 2016-2025 as the Decade of Action on Nutrition. The emphasis of this decade is on alleviating malnutrition in all its forms. Food systems are 1 of 6 priorities for achieving this goal. This brief uses a food-systems approach to analyze the effects of agriculture production, commercialization, and sex on diet quality and nutrition.

Keywords: agriculture; diet quality; food environment; food systems; nutrition; value chains.