The Role of Food Systems in the Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic: Policy Innovations for a Healthier Nation
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The obesity and diabetes epidemic represents one of the most significant public health challenges of the 21st century, with food systems playing a central role in both driving and potentially mitigating this crisis. This perspective examines how modern food environments contribute to unhealthy dietary patterns and explores innovative policy approaches that offer promising solutions. The article highlights how agricultural policies, food processing practices, and marketing strategies have collectively created an obesogenic environment that disproportionately impacts vulnerable populations. Despite numerous individual-level interventions, systemic changes to food production, distribution, and accessibility remain essential for meaningful progress. The socio-ecological framework presented offers a multi-level approach to policy intervention, emphasizing the need for coordinated action across individual, community, organizational, and governmental domains. While acknowledging the economic and political barriers to reform, this perspective advocates for transformative food system policies that prioritize health equity, sustainability, and nutritional security as pathways toward reversing current trends in diet-related chronic disease.
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Asogwa, K., Ameh, S., Awojulu, T., Oturu, O., & Ezeani, J. (2022). The Role of Food Systems in the Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic: Policy Innovations for a Healthier Nation. International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research, 3(2), 68-72. https://doi.org/10.54660/IJMBHR.2022.3.2.68-72
Asogwa, Kelechi, et al. "The Role of Food Systems in the Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic: Policy Innovations for a Healthier Nation." International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research, vol. 3, no. 2, 2022, pp. 68-72. https://doi.org/10.54660/IJMBHR.2022.3.2.68-72.
Asogwa, K., Ameh, S., Awojulu, T., Oturu, O. and Ezeani, J. (2022) 'The Role of Food Systems in the Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic: Policy Innovations for a Healthier Nation', International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research, 3(2), pp. 68-72. doi: 10.54660/IJMBHR.2022.3.2.68-72.
Asogwa K, Ameh S, Awojulu T, Oturu O, Ezeani J. The Role of Food Systems in the Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic: Policy Innovations for a Healthier Nation. International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research. 2022;3(2):68-72. doi:10.54660/IJMBHR.2022.3.2.68-72
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