Today's Nutrition and Tomorrow's Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities

• Main Author: Dominique J. Dubois (auth)
• Other Authors: Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop (auth), Inaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Pharmacology; nutrition; sustainable public health; Health Outcomes; Cost Effectiveness; Health Technology Assessment; Contextual research; diet quality; ecosystems health; Non communicable diseases
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

At the dawn of the third millennium, we are confronted with a disturbing phenomenon: although global life expectancy still increases, this is not the case for healthy life expectancy! The explanation of this seemingly contradiction is mainly due to the rising prevalence of the new pandemia of chroni...