The Health Impacts of Nutrition Policies Designed to Promote Sustainable and Healthy Diets
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2025 | Viewed by 69
Special Issue Editor
Interests: non-communicable diseases; risk factors; food environment; dietary salt reduction; simulation modeling; health economics; official statistics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an era of growing global health disparities and environmental challenges, nutrition policies are increasingly being recognized as critical tools to foster both individual health and planetary sustainability, as pursuing sustainable diets and establishing relevant policies can promote healthy development. Excessive salt consumption is a significant dietary risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), especially cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Taking England as an example, the average salt intake has decreased considerably, partly owing to national salt reduction policies that have been conducted since the 2000s, including a national media campaign, voluntary and mandatory reformulations of processed foods, and the implementation of front-of-pack labeling; health economic evaluation studies have shown that these policies added to life-years and reduced the healthcare costs of cardiovascular disease. In Japan, industry–government–academia partnerships are working to increase the availability of healthier food options. Healthy and sustainable dietary patterns can thereby help to prevent disease, which may require decision makers to consider developing policies to promote such patterns to improve public health.
Effective policies and interventions will differ across populations and contexts. Tailored approaches are needed to promote healthy food choices, improve diet quality, and prevent diet-related noncommunicable diseases. In order to promote the sharing of knowledge across contexts, in this Special Issue, we welcome original research (quantitative and qualitative), literature reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses focused on policies or interventions to promote healthy diets, improve food environments, and prevent diet-related noncommunicable diseases.
Dr. Nayu Ikeda
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutrition policy
- sustainable diet
- planetary health
- industry–government–academia partnership
- healthy diet
- healthy food choices
- policy evaluation
- population health
- food environment
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