Bellagio Report on Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People

Simopoulos, Artemis P.; Bourne, Peter G.; Færgeman, Ole

doi:10.1159/000346833

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“…We want to argue that the range of relevant scientific disciplines to inform such policy must now include ecology and climatology, as well as agronomy, food and nutrition research, and, of course, clinical science. 10 Food, climate/ecosystems and human health…”

Section: Food and Science: The Quality Of Evidence Needed In Nutrition Researchmentioning

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Nutrition, food production and health – an agenda also for cardiologists

Færgeman

Hugenholtz

Caterina

2014

Eur J Prev Cardiolog

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The relationship of cardiovascular disease to food has become more complicated on a scientific level yet starkly simpler on the level of policies for producing food for planetary as well as human health. Accordingly, we argue that professional societies in medicine should take a broader view of the scientific methods necessary to understand the complex issues of nutrition and cardiovascular and other disease, and they should lend greater support to policies for agriculture and the food industry that protect ecosystems, combat climate change and promote cardiovascular health.

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Section: Food and Science: The Quality Of Evidence Needed In Nutrition Researchmentioning

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Nutrition, food production and health – an agenda also for cardiologists

Færgeman

Hugenholtz

Caterina

2014

Eur J Prev Cardiolog

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“…The Bellagio Report by Simopoulos et al [3] and the latest update published in this issue [4] highlight two potential causes that may account for the upward trend of chronic disease incidence and prevalence during the last century. The first cause may be an increase in the dietary intake of omega-6 fatty acids and a decrease in the dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids.…”

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“…They compete for the same enzymes for biosynthesis and metabolism and have opposing effects on many physiological and pathological processes - including inflammation, oxidative stress, lipogenesis, gut microbiota, and energy metabolism - which underlie the development of many chronic diseases. As outlined in the Bellagio Report, a growing body of evidence from molecular and animal to human levels shows that increasing the omega-6/omega-3 ratio can increase the risk of chronic disease, while balancing or reducing the omega-6/omega-3 ratio can have protective effects and reduce the incidence of chronic disease [3,6]. Although further research is warranted, the role of the omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio in chronic disease cannot be underestimated.…”

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Nutritional Problems and Solutions for the Modern Health Epidemic

Kang

2014

Lifestyle Genomics

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The Impact of the Bellagio Report on Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People: Scientific and Policy Aspects and the International Network of Centers for Genetics, Nutrition and Fitness for Health

Simopoulos

2014

Lifestyle Genomics

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The Bellagio Report on Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People was the result of a meeting held at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in the fall of 2012. The meeting was science based but policy oriented. The Bellagio Report concluded that: (1) sugar consumption, especially in the form of high-energy fructose in soft drinks, poses a major and insidious health threat, particularly for children; (2) current diets in most populations, albeit with regional differences, are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids but too high in omega-6 fatty acid intake, and (3) not all calories are the same since calories from different sources (i.e. glucose or fructose or omega-6 or omega-3 fatty acids) have different metabolic and neurohormonal effects. This paper summarizes the scientific progress and policy actions that have occurred in these three areas. Genetic variation in populations and gene-nutrient interactions are fundamental concepts that need to be taken into consideration in growth and development and in the prevention and management of chronic noncommunicable diseases since there is enormous variation in both the frequency of genetic variants and dietary composition worldwide. Furthermore, this paper updates the Bellagio Report in terms of the scientific and policy aspects, both of which have expanded over the past 2 years, and describes the progress made in establishing an International Network of Centers for Genetics, Nutrition and Fitness for Health.

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Bellagio Report on Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People

Cited by 3 publications

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Nutrition, food production and health – an agenda also for cardiologists

Nutrition, food production and health – an agenda also for cardiologists

Nutritional Problems and Solutions for the Modern Health Epidemic

The Impact of the Bellagio Report on Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition, Healthy People: Scientific and Policy Aspects and the International Network of Centers for Genetics, Nutrition and Fitness for Health

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