The Impact of Ready-to-Eat Food Environments on Healthy Eating and General Well-Being
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 492
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The prevalence of diet-related noncommunicable diseases (NCD), including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain cancers, has rapidly increased in most parts of the world, regardless of level of socio-economic development. This trend has caused increasing concerns and challenges regarding the health and well-being of global populations and healthcare systems. A poor diet is one of the major determinants of increased risk of malnutrition in all its forms, from underweight to obesity. The multiple underlying factors, including biological, genetic, psychosocial and lifestyle-related, family and social influences, institutional, neighborhood and community environments, may directly and/or indirectly influence an individual’s food choices and eating behaviors. Recent attention has been paid to ready-to-eat food environments and their impact on diet behaviors and long-term health outcomes. Ready-to-eat foods are often referred to convenience foods, packed foods or instant ready meal that require little or no preparation. Such foods are increasingly popular in modern society due to their ease of preparation, low production costs, and longer shelf-life. It is, therefore, important to understand and identify how current ready-to-eat food environments are shaping dietary behaviors and health outcomes.
This special issue will discuss and highlight current developments of ready-to-eat food environments and its underlying causes and determinants. A major focus will be the impact of such food on healthy eating practices and general well-being of populations across the lifespan.
Dr. Leng Huat Foo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ready-to-eat foods
- food environments
- healthy eating
- general well-being
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