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Transforming the food system to fight non-communicable diseases

Francesco Branca, +7 more
- 28 Jan 2019 - 
- Vol. 364, Iss: 7, pp 377-383
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In this paper, Branca et al. call for changes in both what and how food is produced, marketed, and consumed, and propose a food-based approach for non-communicable diseases.
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Malnutrition and unhealthy diets are important risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Francesco Branca and colleagues call for changes in both what and how food is produced, marketed, and consumed

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Health promoting functional lipids from microalgae pool: A review

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How to transition to reduced-meat diets that benefit people and the planet

Niki A. Rust, +11 more
- 08 Feb 2020 - 
TL;DR: Key actions needed by global leaders in politics, industry and the health sector that could help aide this dietary transformation to benefit people and the planet are concluded.
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Regina Guthold, +3 more
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TL;DR: If current trends continue, the 2025 global physical activity target (a 10% relative reduction in insufficient physical activity) will not be met and policies to increase population levels of physical activity need to be prioritised and scaled up urgently.
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Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits

Marco Springmann, +26 more
- 10 Oct 2018 - 
TL;DR: A global model finds that the environmental impacts of the food system could increase by 60–90% by 2050, and that dietary changes, improvements in technologies and management, and reductions in food loss and waste will all be needed to mitigate these impacts.
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Profits and pandemics: prevention of harmful effects of tobacco, alcohol, and ultra-processed food and drink industries

Rob Moodie, +7 more
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