Sustainable Diets, Food, and Nutrition

Download or read book Sustainable Diets, Food, and Nutrition written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-05-11 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 1 and 2, 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC, on sustainable diets, food, and nutrition. Workshop participants reviewed current and emerging knowledge on the concept of sustainable diets within the field of food and nutrition; explored sustainable diets and relevant impacts for cross-sector partnerships, policy, and research; and discussed how sustainable diets influence dietary patterns, the food system, and population and public health. This publication briefly summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.