Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01175-2
Rania Bajunaid, Chaoqun Niu, Catherine Hambly, Zongfang Liu, Yosuke Yamada, Heliodoro Aleman-Mateo, Liam J. Anderson, Lenore Arab, Issad Baddou, Linda Bandini, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Ellen E. Blaak, Carlijn V. C. Bouten, Soren Brage, Maciej S. Buchowski, Nancy F. Butte, Stefan G. J. A. Camps, Regina Casper, Graeme L. Close, Jamie A. Cooper, Richard Cooper, Sai Krupa Das, Peter S. W. Davies, Prasangi Dabare, Lara R. Dugas, Simon Eaton, Ulf Ekelund, Sonja Entringer, Terrence Forrester, Barry W. Fudge, Melanie Gillingham, Annelies H. Goris, Michael Gurven, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Hinke H. Haisma, Daniel Hoffman, Marije B. Hoos, Sumei Hu, Noorjehan Joonas, Annemiek M. Joosen, Peter Katzmarzyk, Misaka Kimura, William E. Kraus, Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Rebecca Kuriyan, Robert F. Kushner, Estelle V. Lambert, Pulani Lanerolle, Christel L. Larsson, William R. Leonard, Nader Lessan, Marie Löf, Corby K. Martin, Eric Matsiko, Anine C. Medin, James C. Morehen, James P. Morton, Aviva Must, Marian L. Neuhouser, Theresa A. Nicklas, Christine D. Nyström, Robert M. Ojiambo, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Guy Plasqui, Ross L. Prentice, Susan B. Racette, David A. Raichlen, Eric Ravussin, Leanne M. Redman, John J. Reilly, Rebecca Reynolds, Susan B. Roberts, Dulani Samaranayakem, Luis B. Sardinha, Analiza M. Silva, Anders M. Sjödin, Marina Stamatiou, Eric Stice, Samuel S. Urlacher, Ludo M. Van Etten, Edgar G. A. H. van Mil, George Wilson, Jack A. Yanovski, Tsukasa Yoshida, Xueying Zhang, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Srishti Sinha, Cornelia U. Loechl, Amy H. Luke, Herman Pontzer, Jennifer Rood, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Dale A. Schoeller, Klaas R. Westerterp, William W. Wong, John R. Speakman
{"title":"Author Correction: Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake","authors":"Rania Bajunaid, Chaoqun Niu, Catherine Hambly, Zongfang Liu, Yosuke Yamada, Heliodoro Aleman-Mateo, Liam J. Anderson, Lenore Arab, Issad Baddou, Linda Bandini, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Ellen E. Blaak, Carlijn V. C. Bouten, Soren Brage, Maciej S. Buchowski, Nancy F. Butte, Stefan G. J. A. Camps, Regina Casper, Graeme L. Close, Jamie A. Cooper, Richard Cooper, Sai Krupa Das, Peter S. W. Davies, Prasangi Dabare, Lara R. Dugas, Simon Eaton, Ulf Ekelund, Sonja Entringer, Terrence Forrester, Barry W. Fudge, Melanie Gillingham, Annelies H. Goris, Michael Gurven, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Hinke H. Haisma, Daniel Hoffman, Marije B. Hoos, Sumei Hu, Noorjehan Joonas, Annemiek M. Joosen, Peter Katzmarzyk, Misaka Kimura, William E. Kraus, Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Rebecca Kuriyan, Robert F. Kushner, Estelle V. Lambert, Pulani Lanerolle, Christel L. Larsson, William R. Leonard, Nader Lessan, Marie Löf, Corby K. Martin, Eric Matsiko, Anine C. Medin, James C. Morehen, James P. Morton, Aviva Must, Marian L. Neuhouser, Theresa A. Nicklas, Christine D. Nyström, Robert M. Ojiambo, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Yannis P. Pitsiladis, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Guy Plasqui, Ross L. Prentice, Susan B. Racette, David A. Raichlen, Eric Ravussin, Leanne M. Redman, John J. Reilly, Rebecca Reynolds, Susan B. Roberts, Dulani Samaranayakem, Luis B. Sardinha, Analiza M. Silva, Anders M. Sjödin, Marina Stamatiou, Eric Stice, Samuel S. Urlacher, Ludo M. Van Etten, Edgar G. A. H. van Mil, George Wilson, Jack A. Yanovski, Tsukasa Yoshida, Xueying Zhang, Alexia J. Murphy-Alford, Srishti Sinha, Cornelia U. Loechl, Amy H. Luke, Herman Pontzer, Jennifer Rood, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Dale A. Schoeller, Klaas R. Westerterp, William W. Wong, John R. Speakman","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01175-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01175-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Correction to: <i>Nature Food</i> https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5, published online 13 January 2025.</p>","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"363 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-18DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01166-3
{"title":"Published statistical methods fail to accurately estimate crop production potential","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01166-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01166-3","url":null,"abstract":"Estimating yield potential and yield gaps is crucial for global food security. However, many studies rely on statistical methods that lack theoretical and empirical justification for their use. We show that well-validated crop models, combined with local weather and soil data, provide a more accurate assessment of production potential.","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-18DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01161-8
Sebastian A. Heilpern
{"title":"Dietary species richness for healthy people and ecosystems","authors":"Sebastian A. Heilpern","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01161-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01161-8","url":null,"abstract":"Estimating food biodiversity remains a challenge due to a lack of consensus on what to measure and how. A dietary diversity index based on Hill numbers offers a simple and effective approach to account for food biodiversity in diets.","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-18DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01158-3
Chenzhi Wang, Xuhui Wang, Yuxing Sang, Christoph Müller, Yao Huang, Laurent Li, Diane Cooke, Quanbo Zhao, Liangliang Zhang, Yahai Lu, Feng Zhou, Hongyan Liu, Fulu Tao, Tao Lin, Shilong Piao
{"title":"Oscillation-induced yield loss in China partially driven by migratory pests from mainland Southeast Asia","authors":"Chenzhi Wang, Xuhui Wang, Yuxing Sang, Christoph Müller, Yao Huang, Laurent Li, Diane Cooke, Quanbo Zhao, Liangliang Zhang, Yahai Lu, Feng Zhou, Hongyan Liu, Fulu Tao, Tao Lin, Shilong Piao","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01158-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01158-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Large-scale climate oscillations are recognized as skilful predictors of variations in global and regional crop yield. However, the mechanisms linking climate oscillations to crop yield variations remain unclear and are widely assumed to result from crop physiological responses to oscillation-induced local climate variations. Here we assessed the pattern of oscillation-induced yield variations in China over the past four decades and found that El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the primary climatic oscillation associated with extreme yield anomalies, particularly in southern China. These ENSO-related extreme yield anomalies are driven not only by local climate anomalies but also by greater occurrences of crop pests and diseases. Interestingly, the greater occurrence of crop pests is not triggered by local climate anomalies but is linked to ENSO-forced climate anomalies in mainland Southeast Asia, the source region of these pests, fuelled by the ENSO-driven circulation pattern facilitating their migration to China. Given the projected increase in the frequency of ENSO events in a warming future, effectively mitigating such oscillation-induced crop failures requires cross-border collaboration between the source and receiving countries of crop pests.</p>","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143846662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soil health contributes to variations in crop production and nitrogen use efficiency","authors":"Jianming Xu, Chenchen Ren, Xiuming Zhang, Chen Wang, Sitong Wang, Bin Ma, Yan He, Lingfei Hu, Xingmei Liu, Fangzhou Zhang, Luotian Lu, Shuyao Li, Jiabao Zhang, Yong-Guan Zhu, Peter Vitousek, Baojing Gu","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01155-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01155-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Soil health affects both food production and environmental quality. However, quantifying its impact poses a substantial global challenge due to the scarcity of comprehensive soil health data and the complexity of disentangling its effects from other variables. Here we integrate high-resolution global data on soil, climate and farm management practices to assess the contribution of soil health to agricultural productivity. We show that soil health is responsible for approximately 12% and 22% of global variations in crop production and nitrogen use efficiency, respectively. While the influence of climate on crop yields is comparable to that of soil health, it is substantially overshadowed by the role of agricultural management, which accounts for roughly 70% of the global yield variation. In regions such as China, India and the central United States, the influence of soil health on crop yields and nitrogen use efficiency is less pronounced due to the dominant effects of farming practices, including the intensive use of fertilizers. Enhancing global soil health could increase crop yields by 7.8 Mt while reducing nitrogen surplus by 8.1 Mt worldwide by 2050. It is crucial to achieve global sustainable development through managing soil health beyond traditional agricultural practices and climate adaptation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143831583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01152-9
Sarah Freed, Michaela Guo Ying Lo, Matthew McCartney, Edward Hugh Allison, Douglas Mark Smith, Olivier Marc Joffre, Fergus Sinclair
{"title":"Water and aquatic foods in revised principles of agroecology can accelerate food systems transformation","authors":"Sarah Freed, Michaela Guo Ying Lo, Matthew McCartney, Edward Hugh Allison, Douglas Mark Smith, Olivier Marc Joffre, Fergus Sinclair","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01152-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01152-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The interaction between climate change and agricultural intensification contributes to biodiversity loss, while widespread degradation of land and water undermine food system productivity. Agroecological principles aim to guide food systems transformation but rarely refer to water or aquatic foods, which are critical elements of nutritious, sustainable and equitable food systems. Here we examine the principles and frameworks presented in agroecological literature and suggest rephrasing of six of the principles to incorporate water, aquatic foods and land- to seascapes. We recommend three cross-sectoral actions that leverage aquatic features in agroecosystems to facilitate more effective transition pathways towards sustainable food systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"239 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143827465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-14DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01160-9
Erica L. Kenney, Mary Kathryn Poole
{"title":"Optimal nutrition for all requires a synergistic approach between food environments and food systems","authors":"Erica L. Kenney, Mary Kathryn Poole","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01160-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01160-9","url":null,"abstract":"Despite growing recognition of how food environments shape our eating behaviour, existing policy interventions to change them remain insufficient. Approaches focused on the food supply itself, driven by grassroots social change rather than solely top-down policy, are particularly important to improve diet quality.","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143827464","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01165-4
Laurence Daoust
{"title":"Dietary patterns and healthy ageing","authors":"Laurence Daoust","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01165-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01165-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In a recent paper published in <i>Nature Medicine</i>, Anne-Julie Tessier, from the University of Montreal, and colleagues examined the association between healthy ageing and adherence to 8 dietary patterns and ultra-processed food consumption over 30 years. Healthy ageing was defined as living to the age of 70 without the presence of 11 chronic diseases and maintaining intact physical and cognitive functions and mental health. A total of 105,015 participants from 2 large prospective cohorts of women and men from the USA were included in the study. Results were stratified according to sex, ancestry, socio-economic status and lifestyle factors.</p><p>The main findings suggest that higher adherence to all dietary patterns is associated with greater odds of healthy ageing. In particular, the Alternative Healthy Eating Index and the healthful plant-based diet showed the strongest and weakest associations with healthy ageing, respectively. With few exceptions, these associations were stronger among women, past or current smokers, participants with a body mass index greater than 25 kg m<sup>–2</sup> and participants with a level of physical activity below the median. Higher ultra-processed food consumption was also found to be associated with lower odds of reaching the age of 70 years and maintaining mental health and physical and cognitive functions. Given the challenge of informing the development of dietary guidelines for healthy ageing, this work provides more specific insights into what constitutes an optimal dietary pattern.</p>","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"108 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143805834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nature FoodPub Date : 2025-04-08DOI: 10.1038/s43016-025-01157-4
Antoine Couëdel, Romulo P. Lollato, Sotirios V. Archontoulis, Fatima A. Tenorio, Fernando Aramburu-Merlos, Juan I. Rattalino Edreira, Patricio Grassini
{"title":"Statistical approaches are inadequate for accurate estimation of yield potential and gaps at regional level","authors":"Antoine Couëdel, Romulo P. Lollato, Sotirios V. Archontoulis, Fatima A. Tenorio, Fernando Aramburu-Merlos, Juan I. Rattalino Edreira, Patricio Grassini","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01157-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01157-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Accurate spatial information on yield potential and gaps is key to determine crop production potential. Although statistical methods are widely used to estimate these parameters at regional to global levels, a rigorous evaluation of their performance is lacking. Here we compared outcomes derived from four published statistical approaches based on highest average farmer yields over time and space against those derived from a ‘bottom-up’ approach based on crop modelling and local weather and soil data for major rain-fed crops in the United States. Statistical methods failed to capture spatial variation in water-limited yield potential, consistently under- or overestimating yield gaps across regions. Statistical methods led to conflicting results, with production potential almost doubling from one method to another. We emphasize the need for well-validated crop models coupled with local data, robust spatial frameworks and extrapolation methods to provide more reliable assessments of production potential from local to regional scales.</p>","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"129 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143798059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foregone carbon sequestration dominates greenhouse gas footprint in aquaculture associated with coastal wetland conversion","authors":"Junji Yuan, Yanhong Dong, Junjie Li, Deyan Liu, Jian Xiang, Tiehu He, Hojeong Kang, Weixin Ding","doi":"10.1038/s43016-025-01156-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-025-01156-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Coastal wetlands offer large carbon sequestration benefits but their conversion to aquaculture systems could result in substantial carbon losses. Here we show that the conversion of <i>Spartina alterniflora</i> salt marsh to mariculture ponds in China generated a greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint of 20.3 Mg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent per ha per year. Around two-thirds of the footprint can be attributed to foregone salt marsh GHG mitigation capacity, whereas direct carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions in mariculture ponds account for only ~10%, with the remaining ~20% arising from feed, fertilizer and energy consumption. Aquaculture can offer comparatively lower GHG footprints than other animal protein sources, such as terrestrial beef and small ruminants’ production on a kg CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent per kg protein basis, but this assumption may not be accurate when considering landscape-scale changes in GHG budgets, particularly in relation to the expansion of aquaculture within blue carbon ecosystems.</p>","PeriodicalId":19090,"journal":{"name":"Nature Food","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143766411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}