By Sean Moloughney, Editor03.01.19
A rapidly growing global population, an industrialized food system that has led to overconsumption and undernutrition, a changing climate and degrading environment are pushing the limits of what Earth can sustain, according to experts who are calling for urgent changes.
Global Pandemics
Over the past two decades, obesity, undernutrition, and climate change have become global pandemics that share common social and economic drivers, which an expert commission has termed the “global syndemic” in a ground-breaking report that explored the paramount challenge these three pandemics present for human and planetary health.
The Lancet Commission on Obesity, a joint venture between the World Obesity Federation, the University of Auckland (New Zealand), George Washington University, and The Lancet, urged leaders to take a hard line against commercial interests and rethink economic incentives within the food system. In fact, the commission called for a new global treaty on food systems to limit the political influence
Global Pandemics
Over the past two decades, obesity, undernutrition, and climate change have become global pandemics that share common social and economic drivers, which an expert commission has termed the “global syndemic” in a ground-breaking report that explored the paramount challenge these three pandemics present for human and planetary health.
The Lancet Commission on Obesity, a joint venture between the World Obesity Federation, the University of Auckland (New Zealand), George Washington University, and The Lancet, urged leaders to take a hard line against commercial interests and rethink economic incentives within the food system. In fact, the commission called for a new global treaty on food systems to limit the political influence
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