FORUM: Transformation of Food Systems and the Reduction of Overweight and Obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Summary Report of the EAT-Lancet Commission Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems
Willett, Walter, et al. . 2019

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Informe Resumido de la Comisión EAT-Lancet Dietas saludables a partir de sistemas alimentarios sostenibles
Willett, Walter, et al. . 2019

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Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
Willett, Walter, et al. . 2019

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Food Systems, Obesity and Gender in Latin America
Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano. 2019

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Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake
Hall, Kevin D., et al. . 2019

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A weighty question: How fat are we? Why obesity estimates diverge
Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla; Florencia Paz. 2019

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The State of the World’s Children 2019. Children, Food and Nutrition: Growing well in a changing world
UNICEF. 2019

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Consulta Regional Sistemas Alimentarios, Obesidad y Género. Retos Emergentes para América Latina
Patricia Biermayr-Jenzano ; Florencia Paz. 2019

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Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America
Popkin, B. ; Reardon, T. . 2018

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The food systems approach: sustainable solutions for a sufficient supply of healthy food
Berkum, Siemen van; Dengerink, Just; Ruben, Ruerd. 2018
A food systems approach (FSA) is a useful interdisciplinary conceptual framework for research and policy aimed at sustainable solutions for the sufficient supply of healthy food. An FSA analyses the relationships between the different parts of the food system and the outcomes of activities within the system in socio-economic and environmental/climate terms. Feedback loops are a distinguishing factor in systems thinking: they occur between parts of the food chain (production, processing, distribution and consumption) and from the socio-economic and environmental outcomes of food production and consumption (such as food security and soil depletion) back to that production and consumption. The FSA sheds light on non-linear processes in the food system, and on possible trade-offs between policy objectives. Systems thinking also broadens the perspective when seeking solutions for the root causes of problems such as poverty, malnutrition and climate change. The framework offers at least three benefits. First, it provides a checklist of topics that should at the very least be addressed when it comes to improving food security, certainly in relation to other policy objectives. Second, FSA helps to map the impact of environmental and climate changes on food security by pointing to the various vulnerabilities of the food system. In that sense the approach can contribute to the search for possibilities for strengthening the system’s resilience to climate changes. Third, it helps to determine the most limiting factors for achieving food security, and hence identify effective interventions aimed at improving food security.

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Concepts and critical perspectives for food environment research: A global framework with implications for action in low- and middle-income countries
Turner, Christopher; Aggarwal, Anju; Walls, Helen; Herforth, Anna; Drewnowski, Adam; Coates, Jennifer; Kalamatianou, Sofia; Kadiyala, Suneetha. 2018
There is a need to create a cohesive research agenda to facilitate food environment research in low- and middle-income countries that face the double burden of undernutrition and obesity. A new paper from the Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy’s Food Environment Working Group presents such a global framework with implications for action.

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Improving diets in an era of food market transformation: Challenges and opportunities for engagement between the public and private sectors
Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. 2018
Policy brief sets out six priorities to make public and private sector links more effective to improve the food environment and enable better dietary choices.

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Panorama de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe 2018
FAO; PAHO; WFP; UNICEF. Santiago, Chile 2018

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Climate change and variability: What are the risks for nutrition, diets, and food systems?
Fanzo, Jessica; McLaren, Rebecca; Davis, Claire; Choufani, Jowel. 2017
IFPRI discussion paper analyzes the risks of climate change for nutrition, diets, and food systems, and identifies areas for interventions along the food value chain to reduce those risks.

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Nutrition and food systems
HLPE. 2017
This report analyzes how food systems influence dietary patterns and nutritional outcomes and highlights policies and programs that could shape food systems to deliver healthy, sustainable food.

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Nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems in practice: Options for intervention
FAO. 2017
FAO publication provides options for interventions to enhance nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems, organized according to four key functions of the food system – production, handling/storage, trade, and consumer demand – as well as cross-cutting issues.

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Agriculture, Food Systems, and Nutrition: Meeting the Challenge
Gillespie, Stuart; van den Bold, Mara. 2017
Review of recent evidence explores nutrition impacts of agriculture and changing global food systems.

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How Big Business Got Brazil Hooked on Junk Food
JACOBS, ANDREW; RICHTEL, MATT. 2017
A New York Times article investigates how Western food companies are expanding their reach in middle- and low-income countries and thus contribute to obesity and health problems along the way.

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Panorama of Food and Nutritional Security in Latin America and the Caribbean
FAO; PAHO; WHO. 2017
The number of undernourished people in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased-a trend that would prevent the region from achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 on eradicating hunger if its trajectory does not change-according to the first Panorama of Food and Nutritional Security in Latin America and the Caribbean published by FAO and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

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Climate change and variability: What are the risks for nutrition, diets, and food systems?
Fanzo, Jessica; McLaren, Rebecca; Davis, Claire; Choufani, Jowel. 2017
IFPRI discussion paper analyzes the risks of climate change for nutrition, diets, and food systems, and identifies areas for interventions along the food value chain to reduce those risks.

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The role of pulses in sustainable and healthy food systems
McDermott, John; Wyatt, Amanda J.. 2017
Study indicates that pulses can contribute to healthier diets through increasing efficiency of supply chains, creating more effective public–private institutional arrangements for innovation, and establishing policies, regulations, and investments that are nutrition sensitive.

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Policy actions to support enhanced consumer behaviour for high-quality diets
Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. 2017
This brief provides evidence-based recommendations directed at both public and private sector actors in the food system to enhance consumer behaviour for improved nutrition

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Healthy diets for all
Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. 2017
This policy brief is a call to action for policymakers at all levels to recognize the central role of high-quality diets and nutrition in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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Food Security and Nutrition: Growing Cities, New Challenges
Ruel, Marie T.; Garrett, James L.; Yosef, Sivan. 2017
Poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition become increasingly urban problems as urban populations expand everywhere. Persistent child undernutrition, stubborn micronutrient deficiencies, and an alarming rise in overweight and obesity in urban areas mark the shift of the burden of malnutrition from rural areas to cities. In addition, the urban poor face a challenging food environment.

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The double burden of malnutrition
World Health Organization. 2017
This policy brief explains the double burden of malnutrition now facing many countries worldwide – characterized by the coexistence of undernutrition along with overweight, obesity or diet-related noncommunicable diseases.

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Double-duty actions for nutrition
World Health Organization. 2017
This policy brief sets out the potential for double-duty actions to simultaneously reduce the risk or burden of both undernutrition and overweight, obesity or diet-related non-communicable diseases.

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Panorama de la Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe
FAO; PAHO; WHO. Santiago, Chile 2017

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Improving Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems
FAO; World Bank. 2016
E-learning module aimed to assist professionals involved in designing and implementing nutrition-sensitive policies and investments.

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Nutrition for Growth II From Commitment to Action: Recommendations to Improve Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems
Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. 2016
Bringing together efforts to improve infrastructure, strengthen food safety regulation, and increase the productivity of nutrient rich foods can accelerate gains in this Decade of Action on nutrition.

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Malnutrition's new frontier: The challenge of obesity
Hodge, Judith; Verstraeten, Roosmarijn; Ochoa-Avilés, Angélica. Washington, DC 2016
Promising interventions in curbing obesity include targeted food taxes and subsidies, nutrition labeling, regulation of food nutritional quality and availability in schools, and mass media campaigns.

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Global Nutrition Report 2016: From Promise to Impact: Ending Malnutrition by 2030
International Food Policy Research Institute.. Washington, DC 2016

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Nutrition for Growth II From Commitment to Action: Recommendations to Improve Nutrition through Agriculture and Food Systems
Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. 2016
Bringing together efforts to improve infrastructure, strengthen food safety regulation, and increase the productivity of nutrient rich foods can accelerate gains in this Decade of Action on nutrition.

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Food systems and diets: Facing the challenges of the 21st century
Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition. 2016
The report highlights the impact of major drivers of change in dietary patterns and provides recommendations to decision makers attempting to integrate nutrition within current food systems and agricultural policies.

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Ultra-processed food and drink products in Latin America: Trends, impact on obesity, policy implications
PAHO. Washington, DC 2015

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Alimentos y bebidas ultraprocesados en América Latina: tendencias, efecto sobre la obesidad e implicaciones para las políticas públicas
OPS. Washington, DC 2015

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Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
Ng, M. et al. 2014
This study estimates the global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013. Worldwide, the proportion of adults with a body-mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 or greater increased between 1980 and 2013 from 28.8% to 36.9% in men, and from 29.8% to 38.0% in women. Prevalence has increased substantially in children and adolescents in developed countries, 23.8% of boys and 22.6% of girls were overweight or obese in 2013. The prevalence of overweight and obesity has also increased in children and adolescents in developing countries, from 8.1% to 12.9% in 2013 for boys and from 8.4% to 13.4% in girls.

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The State of Food and Agriculture 2013: Food systems for better nutrition
FAO. 2013
FAO's flagship publication on food and agriculture, with a specific focus on food systems for better nutrition.

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Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries.
Black, R.E.; Victora C.G.; Walker, S.P.. 2013
Undernutrition is a cause of 3.1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011.

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Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition

An independent group of influential experts with a commitment to tackling global challenges in food and nutrition security.

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