Global Challenges in Nutrition
Growing rates of overweight and obesity worldwide are linked to a rise in chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and some types of cancer – conditions that are lifethreatening and very difficult to treat
in places with limited resources and already overburdened health systems. Foods, diet and nutritional status, including overweight and obesity, are also associated with elevated blood pressure and blood cholesterol, and
resistance to the action of insulin. Food systems have undergone dramatic changes in past decades and this has had both positive and negative implications on the nutritional quality of foods. The symposium will showcase
specific and successful food and ingredient based interventions, and guidelines and policies adopted in different countries to reduce the burden of non communicable diseases linked to food.