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
This important report on obesity in the WHO European Region is published by the WHO European Office for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. I am proud to have lead the development of the chapter on obesogenic digital food environments together with my fantastic co-authors. Obesity is one of the key risk factors for many … Continue reading WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022: Obesogenic digital food environments
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
I have been working with the WHO NCDs Office Healthy and Sustainable Diets team for 1.5 years now. In March 2021, we held an expert meeting on the topic. This report highlights the presentations and discussions that took place at this meeting. Member States highlighted their national policies, sharing the challenges of implementation and setting … Continue reading Healthy and sustainable diets: report of an expert meeting on healthy and sustainable diets
The topic of digital food environments has been a core part of my work as consultant at the WHO Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. Check out our newest factsheet on the topic! Digital food environments are the online settings through which flows of services and information that influence people’s food and … Continue reading Digital food environments
Transforming food systems is a shortcut to sustainable lifestyles. This was the message from more than 115 people who participated in the “Towards sustainable Nordic food systems” project. To achieve transformative change, the Nordic region can build on the shared history of collaboration. Despite the bumps on the road to 2030, four new insight papers … Continue reading Changing Nordic food and lifestyles: eight entry points
Want to create recipes for transformation? On 26 January, we launched the Cookbook for systems change: Nordic innovation strategies for sustainable food by Nordic Food Policy Lab of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Stockholm Resilience Centre and EAT. The Cookbook lays out an inclusive Nordic approach to implementing research and innovation-oriented missions. The Cookbook for systems change highlights … Continue reading Cookbook for Systems Change
Together with colleagues from the WHO NCDs Office and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, we examined important questions about the nutritional intake and adequacy of the vegan diet. Our systematic review was published in Clinical Nutrition in December 2020. Background Vegan diets, where animal- and all their by-products are excluded from the diet, have gained … Continue reading Intake and adequacy of the vegan diet
A threat or opportunity for healthy and sustainable food and nutrition? Dietary health and sustainability are inextricably linked. Food systems that are not sustainable often fail to provide the amount or types of food needed to ensure population health. The ongoing pandemic threatens to exacerbate malnutrition, and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). In our recent paper, we … Continue reading New paper: Disrupted food systems in the WHO European region
Participatory multi-stakeholder processes are an indispensable part of food system transformation. However, bringing diverse groups of people together is no easy task. During the “Towards healthy and sustainable food systems in the Baltic region” workshop held in Riga from 27 February to 1 March 2019, we brought together determined and energetic stakeholders to take stock … Continue reading A food systems approach to healthy and sustainable diets in the Baltic region
Sustainable Food Systems Transitions 