Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Good nutrition depends on access to a healthful food supply. Although a great deal of attention has been paid to food intake as a determinant of nutrition and overall health, little attention has been paid to the food supply system, health risks embedded in it, and its effect on people's choices. Most national governments intervene in their agricultural sectors in order to provide benefits to producers and consumers; however, these interventions are not designed with public health in mind. Governments should consider population nutrition and chronic disease risk when devising and implementing agricultural and food policies. They should seek opportunities to adjust agricultural and trade policies to be consistent with national health and nutritional priorities and guidelines. Although the paper gives several examples, country-specific policy changes can be determined only through analysis of individual country policies and nutrition conditions.
Source: Food and Nutrition Bulletin
Author: Rachel Nugent
Institutions: National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W106917261