The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming the 2016-2025 time period as the United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition. The pursued objective was and still is to guarantee universal access to healthier and more sustainable food in order to eradicate all forms of malnutrition across the world. Malnutrition encompasses the problems of undernutrition, referring to deficiency of energy, proteins, essential nutrients, which is responsible for a significant number of pathologies mainly affecting children and women. Nevertheless, malnutrition also comprises imbalances characterized by excessively caloric intake and over-consumption of lipids, salts, and sugars leading to obesity, with its chronic associated pathologies. In this article, based on the case of obesity and associated cardiovascular diseases, we sought to further illustrate the concept that adhering to a healthy lifestyle combined with a more sustainable diet is feasible. Its ultimate objective is to achieve a joint improvement in human health, animal health, and environmental health. This is being referred to as the “one health” concept.
What is already known about this topic?
The different components of malnutrition constitute a major cause of mortality worldwide.
What does this article bring up for us?
A multiple vision of the ways to eradicate health problems linked to malnutrition taking into account the sustainability concept.
Keywords
Sustainable diet, malnutrition, human health