CREATING BETTER HEALTH FOR PEOPLE, THE PLANET, AND ANIMALS: FOOD SYSTEMS INSIGHTS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Creating Better Health for People, the Planet, and Animals: Food Systems Insights for Health Professionals - Global Alliance for the Future of Food

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The initiatives profiled provide healthcare and public health professionals with evidence and ideas for how food–health action can be taken at local, regional, national, and international levels – including:

1. Public health, food, animal health, and planetary health workers’ collaboration is necessary to advance positive food–health outcomes
2. Appreciation of lived experiences and Indigenous knowledge is key to better food-health outcomes 
3. Medical institutions, including hospitals, have a role to play support better availability of healthy foods 
4. Healthcare professionals can influence government policy in a way that improves the health and well-being of the communities they serve. 
5. Culturally appropriate nutrition education, food literacy, and skills training should be advocated for through schools, health and social services, and community settings.