Sustainable Diets and Policy Innovations for Healthier Food Systems
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026 | Viewed by 738
Editors
Interests: nutritional sciences; nutritional deficiencies; nutritional needs; nutrition and pharmacology; public health; new technologies applied to food
Interests: pharmacology; psychopharmacology; nutrition and pharmacology; public health; new technologies applied to food
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food systems must provide an adequate supply of food but also do so in a way that is consistent with health and environmental objectives. Sustainable diets are based on eating patterns that are low in environmental impact, nutritionally safe and culturally acceptable. Policy innovations for more sustainable food systems focus on reducing waste, encouraging local production, and promoting healthy and accessible diets. Likewise, these policies address as specific objectives the implementation of innovative production technologies and the increase in the production and acceptance of products of biological origin, the incorporation of criteria of environmental sustainability and circularity in systems of biological origin, and the facilitation of social acceptance. In addition, it is important to address the social challenge of ensuring food and nutritional security. Articles on sustainable diets and policy innovations for healthier food systems can contribute to providing appropriate concepts, methods, tools and resources to identify effective and sustainable solutions in this framework.
The Special Issue will include research by the most recognized figures researching issues related to healthy and sustainable food systems. As well as the innovations developed in this field. We also seek to address new and challenging topics within the theme of the Special Issue.
Dr. Rosario Pastor
Dr. Carolina García
Dr. Carmen da Casa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable food systems
- healthy diets
- food security
- sustainable
- food policies
- local foods
- innovative food
- alternative proteins
- artificial intelligence
- circular food economy
- resilient food systems
- food waste reduction
- food biodiversity
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