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 Food Policy Course

Session 3. The relationship between food and health and environment

At the end of this session you should be able to:

Ø Determine impact of food production and consumption on health and environment

Ø Identify ways food policy can incorporate the three/four pillars approach

3.1 Models of Determinants of food and health

- WHO model nutrition, food safety, sustainable food and healthy lifestyles on public health

- Advantages of the pillars approach:

o Integration

o Cross-sectoral

o Rooted in real government: Ministries/Departments

 3 pillars
3.2 Food, agriculture and environment

- Climate Change

- Energy Efficiency

- Water shortages

- Food miles

3.3 Life cycle approach

- Carbon cycle

- Nutrition lifecycle

- Ecological cycle

3.4 Models of Food, Health & Environment

- Classical engineering approach (19th century)

- Medical model

- Individual lifestyle

- Ecological public health

3.5 Paradigms: from the 20th to 21st Centuries

- Productionism

- Life Sciences Integration

- Ecological Integration

3.6 Use "the pillars" to develop draft food and nutrition policy.

Public Health is

“The science and art of promoting health, preventing disease, and prolonging life through the organized efforts of society.”

Adapted from Sir Donald Acheson, former Chief Medical Officer for England, 1988

  

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