Ultra-Processed Foods and Food System Sustainability: What Are the Links?

Fardet, Anthony; Rock, Edmond

doi:10.3390/su12156280

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“…WD and UPFDs are both frequently rich in refined oils, which may have profound impacts not only from a health perspective, but also in terms of sustainability [ 368 ]. A classic example is palm oil (PO), the most exploited oil worldwide, which represents a threat to ecological sustainability due to the combination of UPFD and unhealthy products contributing to a higher risk of NCDs [ 369 ].…”

Section: Western Dietary Pattern As a Model Of Unhealthy Eatingmentioning

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Nutritional Components in Western Diet Versus Mediterranean Diet at the Gut Microbiota–Immune System Interplay. Implications for Health and Disease

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The most prevalent diseases of our time, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) (including obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and some types of cancer) are rising worldwide. All of them share the condition of an “inflammatory disorder”, with impaired immune functions frequently caused or accompanied by alterations in gut microbiota. These multifactorial maladies also have in common malnutrition related to physiopathology. In this context, diet is the greatest modulator of immune system–microbiota crosstalk, and much interest, and new challenges, are arising in the area of precision nutrition as a way towards treatment and prevention. It is a fact that the westernized diet (WD) is partly responsible for the increased prevalence of NCDs, negatively affecting both gut microbiota and the immune system. Conversely, other nutritional approaches, such as Mediterranean diet (MD), positively influence immune system and gut microbiota, and is proposed not only as a potential tool in the clinical management of different disease conditions, but also for prevention and health promotion globally. Thus, the purpose of this review is to determine the regulatory role of nutritional components of WD and MD in the gut microbiota and immune system interplay, in order to understand, and create awareness of, the influence of diet over both key components.

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Nutritional Components in Western Diet Versus Mediterranean Diet at the Gut Microbiota–Immune System Interplay. Implications for Health and Disease

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“…African traditional eating has been related to sustainability and positive health outcomes, while presently there is a shift to modern occidental foods rich in saturated fats, sugar, and sweeteners [5].…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa Food Security and Human Development

Guina

Ferrão

Bell

et al. 2021

EJFOOD

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Poverty, malnutrition, food insecurity, and hunger are social determinants of health, well-being, and when associated with other resource-related hardships (e.g., housing instability, energy insecurity) are serious and costly constraints to human development. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to the world’s poorest countries and most family farmers do not have access to markets, important determinant for economic development. African traditional eating has been related to sustainability and positive health outcomes although the scenario is shifting to modern occidental foods. Food fortification with micronutrients may not be the right solution when there is no data on basic dietary intake. Further to the long existing housing, energy and water crisis, family farmers living at subsistence level, their livelihoods and communities, are now facing deeper worries and sufferings on food supplies. Sub-Saharan Africa was faced with a myriad of hurdles, where climate change was considered the greatest challenge, until COVID-19. Urgent priority call for high-impact initiatives and recommendations that are feasible in each of the national contexts. Success will only be achieved through strong public investment on health sectors, agricultural extension services, irrigation, and rural infrastructures.

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“…Life development and the increasing of individual's level of living, and the change in lifestyle have led to a steady increase in his consumption in all aspects of life, most notably the significant increase in food consumption, a change in dietary habits, and a trend towards more processed foods rather than fresh food [8]. This increase and change has been accompanied by a major development in the food industry.…”

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A Study of Implementation Food Safety Management System ISO 22000 in Local Food Products Company

Alkhafaji¹,

Herrera²

2021

JUSST

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Implementation of food safety management systems (FSMS) in Iraqi food companies is recent entrance since a lot of years ago. A few number of medium and big size food companies have been selected to implement FSMS such as ISO 22000 after excessive training to Iraqi stakeholders received from FAO/WHO, beside to the individual efforts taken by the top management of some Iraqi food companies. The study comes to highlight the adoption of local food companies to implement the international standard ISO 22000, determine factors that influence in the implementation and the certification of FSMS through four types of questionnaires A, B, C, and D prepared for this purpose.Seventy (70) food companies participated in the survey divided into fifty (50) food companies from big size and twenty (20) food companies from medium size. Survey results demonstrated that motivations for implementation ISO 22000 in big food companies which implemented and certified ISO 2000 were, improving food safety and quality (5/15), and organizational reasons (5/15) have been 66.6% of the motivation for implementing ISO 22000, followed by reducing food borne diseases 20% (3/15), and promoting international trade 13.3% (2/15) respectively.In medium size companies, which implemented and certified ISO 22000, improving food safety and quality (2/5), and reducing food borne diseases (2/5) have been 80% of the motivation for implementing ISO 22000, followed by organizational reasons 20% (1/5). From total of seventy 70 food companies participated in the survey, the results demonstrated that 38 about 54.2% of food companies not implemented any FSMS from its establishing. Respondents from food companies’ referred that there are different factors hinder the implementation of any FSMS included ISO 22000 in their companies. About half of respondents (44.7%) 17/38 indicated that the costs of the implementation and certification FSMS ISO 22000 hinder to implement it, mentality of top management and its business culture (26.3%) 10/38, deficient experience in FSMS and specialists (13.1) 5/38, standard ISO 22000 not a matter for the consumers and the market (10.5) 4/38, and finally, inadequate infrastructure and facilities (5.2%) 2/38.

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Ultra-Processed Foods and Food System Sustainability: What Are the Links?

Cited by 141 publications

References 91 publications

Nutritional Components in Western Diet Versus Mediterranean Diet at the Gut Microbiota–Immune System Interplay. Implications for Health and Disease

Nutritional Components in Western Diet Versus Mediterranean Diet at the Gut Microbiota–Immune System Interplay. Implications for Health and Disease

The Impact of COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa Food Security and Human Development

A Study of Implementation Food Safety Management System ISO 22000 in Local Food Products Company

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