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This report identifies five key channels through which food systems impact health: (1) occupational hazards; (2) environmental contamination; (3) contaminated, unsafe, and altered foods; (4) unhealthy dietary patterns; and (5) food Insecurity. An extensive review of the evidence on these impacts...

Author(s)
Hawkes, C.; Halliday, J.
Publisher
International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation
Unravelling the food-health nexus: addressing practices, political economy, and power relations to build healthier food systems, 2017, pp 120 pp.
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Cover for Parasite invasions and food security.

Global food security is of vital importance. Without it, we risk the collapse of our food chain and put important culture systems at risk of parasitism. A major risk in food security is the sudden appearance of a parasite that could decimate crops, livestock or impact human health. In this chapter...

Author(s)
Wood, L. E.; Clinton, M.; Bass, D.; Bojko, J.; Foster, R.; Guilder, J.; Kennerley, A.; Peeler, E.; Waine, A.; Tidbury, H.
ISBN
2023 CABI (H ISBN 9781789248111)
Type
Book chapter
Abstract

Adulteration of any material is condemned in general world but adulteration of food and food stuff is considered as an unpardonable offence since it is directly related to human health and welfare. The globalization of food supply and the increased complexity of the food chain has heightened public ...

Author(s)
Gaur, R. M.; Aqueeda Khan
Publisher
Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin, Germany
Citation
European Food and Feed Law Review, 2022, 6, pp 414-433
AbstractFull Text

Background: Although the impact of food insecurity and anemia has been shown to be more common among women of reproductive age, there is little information available on the issue in relation to women in Fafan Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia. Objectives: To compare the levels of anemia among women of...

Author(s)
Sahardiid Ali; Jemal Haidar
Publisher
Department of Community Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation
Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 2019, 33, 1, pp 28-37
Abstract

Biosecurity encompasses all policy, planning, science and underpinning operations in safeguarding the natural resources from biological threats. This paper raises concerns regarding apparent lack of adequate attention given to the biosecurity issues as a part of global food security strategy, which ...

Author(s)
Sharma, S. B.; You, M.; Varaprasad, K. S.
Publisher
Plant Protection Association of India, Hyderabad, India
Citation
Indian Journal of Plant Protection, 2008, 36, 2, pp 165-172
Abstract

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one out of 10 people get sick from eating contaminated food. Complex food production process and globalization make food supply chain more delicate. Many technologies have been investigated in recent years to address food insecurity and achieve...

Author(s)
Duan JiAng; Zhang Chen; Gong Yu; Brown, S.; Li Zhi
Publisher
MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
Citation
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17, 5,
Abstract

Throughout time, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite great global effort, events of the early twenty-first century demonstrate that food security remains an urgent problem. This book analyses the ways the...

Author(s)
McDonald, B. L.
Publisher
Polity Press, Cambridge, UK
Citation
Food security, 2010, pp viii + 205 pp.
Abstract

Current food production faces a tremendous challenge due to the growing human population. The global population is estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050 with 70% more food being required. Safe food is an important dimension of food security, and food traceability across the supply chain is a key...

Author(s)
Yu ZhiLong; Jung DongYun; Park Soyoun; Hu Yaxi; Huang Kang; Rasco, B. A.; Wang Shuo; Ronholm, J.; Lu XiaoNan; Chen JuHong
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2022, 62, 4, pp 905-916
Abstract

Background: Food insecurity has been independently associated with developing cholera and there is an inverse relationship between national food security and annual cholera incidence. However, the factors that mediate the risk of cholera among food insecure households remain largely unexplored....

Author(s)
Elnaiem, A. D.; Franke, M. F.; Richterman, A.; Guillaume, Y.; Vissieres, K.; Augustin, G. C.; Ternier, R.; Ivers, L. C.
Publisher
Public Library of Sciences (PLoS), San Francisco, USA
Citation
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023, 17, 2,
Abstract

This chapter highlights the response of stakeholders to the various challenges of nutrition including undernutrition and food insecurity, overnutrition (obesity) and diet-related diseases, and food safety. It also addresses the apparent persistence of nutritional problems despite various efforts...

Author(s)
Opio, C.; Steinfeld, H.
Publisher
Island Press, Washington, USA
Citation
Livestock in a changing landscape, Volume 1: drivers, consequences and responses, 2010, pp 323-344

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