Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies

Adequate supplies of healthy foods available in each country are a necessary but not sufficient condition for adequate intake by each individual. Here we provide complete nutrient balance sheets that account for all plant-based and animal-sourced food flows from farm production through trade to non-...

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Autores principales: Lividini, Keith, Masters, William A
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141255
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description Adequate supplies of healthy foods available in each country are a necessary but not sufficient condition for adequate intake by each individual. Here we provide complete nutrient balance sheets that account for all plant-based and animal-sourced food flows from farm production through trade to non-food uses and waste in 173 countries from 1961 to 2018. We track 36 bioactive compounds in all farm commodities recorded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, accounting for nutrient-specific losses in processing and cooking as well as bioavailability. We compare supply with requirements given each country’s age–sex distribution and find that the adequacy of food supplies has increased but often remains below total needs, with even faster rise in energy levels and lower density of some nutrients per calorie. We use this nutrient accounting to show how gaps could be filled, either from food production and trade or from selected biofortification, fortification and supplementation scenarios for nutrients of concern such as vitamin A, iron and zinc.
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spelling CGSpace1412552025-10-26T13:02:01Z Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies Lividini, Keith Masters, William A nutrient balance agricultural production biofortification food wastes non-food products commodities population food flows retinol supplements nutrition food supply trade bioavailability bioactive compounds energy value iron food and agriculture organization of the united nations fortification zinc Adequate supplies of healthy foods available in each country are a necessary but not sufficient condition for adequate intake by each individual. Here we provide complete nutrient balance sheets that account for all plant-based and animal-sourced food flows from farm production through trade to non-food uses and waste in 173 countries from 1961 to 2018. We track 36 bioactive compounds in all farm commodities recorded by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, accounting for nutrient-specific losses in processing and cooking as well as bioavailability. We compare supply with requirements given each country’s age–sex distribution and find that the adequacy of food supplies has increased but often remains below total needs, with even faster rise in energy levels and lower density of some nutrients per calorie. We use this nutrient accounting to show how gaps could be filled, either from food production and trade or from selected biofortification, fortification and supplementation scenarios for nutrients of concern such as vitamin A, iron and zinc. 2022-09-19 2024-04-12T13:37:33Z 2024-04-12T13:37:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141255 en Limited Access Nature Publishing Group Lividini, Keith; and Masters, William A. 2022. Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies. Nature Food 3: 703–715. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00585-w
spellingShingle nutrient balance
agricultural production
biofortification
food wastes
non-food products
commodities
population
food flows
retinol
supplements
nutrition
food supply
trade
bioavailability
bioactive compounds
energy value
iron
food and agriculture organization of the united nations
fortification
zinc
Lividini, Keith
Masters, William A
Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies
title Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies
title_full Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies
title_fullStr Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies
title_full_unstemmed Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies
title_short Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies
title_sort tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies
topic nutrient balance
agricultural production
biofortification
food wastes
non-food products
commodities
population
food flows
retinol
supplements
nutrition
food supply
trade
bioavailability
bioactive compounds
energy value
iron
food and agriculture organization of the united nations
fortification
zinc
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141255
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