Can Healthier Food Demand be Linked to Farming Systems’ Sustainability? The Case of the Mediterranean Diet

Susana Campos, Lívia Madureira
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Promoting healthier diets is strategic to solve the global societal challenge of excessive and unhealthy calorie intake that causes obesity and overweight and is responsible for chronic diseases that burden healthcare systems. The relationship between food and personal health is well established and in recent years it has originated a number of dietary recommendations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) focused on encouraging healthier diets. The environmental impact of food intake and of particular diets is a growing research area. However, neither research nor public policies, in particular, have been able so far to establish a link between promoting healthier diets and their impact on enhancing environmentally healthier farming systems and the sustainability of rural landscapes. This paper addresses this gap by presenting a multidisciplinary literature review which combines evidence from nutrition and health sciences with that from environmental, agrarian and sustainability studies on the impacts of foods and dietary patterns on the environment, ecosystems and rural landscape. This integrate d review, complemented with data analysis, highlights the Mediterranean diet as a healthier dietary pattern whose promotion could be beneficial to recover or maintain the sustainability of Mediterranean rural landscape. Hence, the second part of the paper focus on discussing the role of public policies in enabling the link between enhancing healthier diets and healthier farming systems in order to sustain rural landscapes since these play a key role in the sustainability of Mediterranean rural areas.
更健康的粮食需求能否与农业系统的可持续性挂钩?地中海饮食案例
促进更健康的饮食是解决全球社会挑战的战略,即过量和不健康的卡路里摄入会导致肥胖和超重,并导致给医疗系统带来负担的慢性病。食物与个人健康之间的关系已经确立,近年来,世界卫生组织(世界卫生组织)提出了许多饮食建议,重点是鼓励更健康的饮食。食物摄入和特定饮食对环境的影响是一个不断发展的研究领域。然而,到目前为止,无论是研究还是公共政策,都未能在促进更健康的饮食及其对加强环境更健康的农业系统和农村景观可持续性的影响之间建立联系。本文通过介绍一篇多学科文献综述来解决这一差距,该综述将营养和健康科学的证据与环境、农业和可持续性研究的证据相结合,研究食物和饮食模式对环境、生态系统和农村景观的影响。这篇综合d综述,辅以数据分析,强调地中海饮食是一种更健康的饮食模式,其推广可能有利于恢复或保持地中海农村景观的可持续性。因此,论文的第二部分重点讨论了公共政策在加强更健康的饮食和更健康的农业系统之间的联系以维持农村景观方面的作用,因为这些对地中海农村地区的可持续性起着关键作用。
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International Journal on Food System Dynamics
International Journal on Food System Dynamics Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)
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期刊介绍: Understanding the development of the food system requires a system view that captures the complexity of the system and its many interrelationships with its economic, social and natural environments. The Journal accepts and offers papers within this broad range of issues focussing on the management, policy, marketing, consumer aspects, transparency, e-commerce, institutional or regional development, information and communication systems, ressource economics, production economics, chain management, network economics, and similar aspects. Papers may focus on modeling, empirical research or theoretical analyis. This broad range of publication opportunities asks authors to follow clear lines of arguments and to present arguments in a convincing way that avoids unnecessary complexities of model formulations if not relevant for the support of arguments. The publication of scientific articles is complemented by a number of sections that provide room for publications with a more specific focus: ''Case studies'': A section on case studies of the ''Harvard Type'' allows the publication of studies that might build on established scientific methodology but demonstrate its use in ceratin decision environments. Case studies might be complemented by ''teaching cases'' that are kept on a database outside the journal but accessible to readers on approval by authors. ''Research Forum'': It allows to discuss newly emerging research challenges or to contribute to ongoing scientific discussions on research problems. In addition, authors might initiate a discussion on issues brought up by articles published in the journal. ''Research Notes'': It provides room for specific shorter scientific contributions with a narrow scope.
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