Category: WHO Europe

Plant-based diets and their impact on health, sustainability and the environment

by Afton Halloran, posted in Dietary Shifts, Health, Noncommunicable diseases, Sustainable diets, WHO, WHO Europe

I'm happy to have had the opportunity to lead the development of this WHO Europe Factsheet on plant-based diets. In the WHO European Region, more and more people are shifting towards plant-based diets for reasons relating to health, as well as to ethical considerations about climate change and animal welfare. In some countries changes indietary … Continue reading Plant-based diets and their impact on health, sustainability and the environment

Slide to order: a food systems approach to meal delivery apps

by Afton Halloran, posted in Dietary Shifts, digital food environments, Digitalization, Food Environment, Health, innovation, Noncommunicable diseases, Nutrition, Obesity, WHO, WHO Europe

Fresh off the press! Our newest WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases report is out! Meal delivery apps (‎MDAs)‎ are a rapidly growing part of the digital food environment in the WHO European Region. The implications of this multibillion Euro sector on health, nutrition, environment and society at large are … Continue reading Slide to order: a food systems approach to meal delivery apps