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A call to action for transformation towards nutritious food systems

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This call to action envisions NFS where everyone enjoys an adequate, healthy diet with nutritious foods that are widely available, affordable, safe and demanded, and the food system is resilient to economic and environmental volatility and does not contribute to environmental pressure and climate change.

Numerous areas for intervention and pathways to NFS have been articulated in published articles and reports1,2. The convening and consultation surfaced nine priority areas in particular need of greater attention.

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Fig. 1: Priorities, principles and processes for nutritious food systems.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

    Ayala Wineman

  2. Global Child Nutrition Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA

    Ayala Wineman

  3. University of Reading, Reading, UK

    Giacomo Zanello

  4. The Ohio State University, Global One Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Desalegne M. Degefaw

  5. University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Folake Samuel

  6. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK

    Joe Yates & Suneetha Kadiyala

  7. University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Bhavani Shankar

  8. Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Olutayo Adeyemi

  9. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Alex Kojo Anderson

  10. Anuvaad Solutions, Delhi, India

    Ananya Awasthi

  11. FHI solutions, Washington, DC, USA

    Winnie Bell

  12. Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya

    Christine Kiria Chege

  13. University of Washington, Department of Global Health, Seattle, WA, USA

    Esther Choo

  14. Center for Dietary Assessment, FHI 360, Washington, DC, USA

    Megan Deitchler

  15. Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Matthew C. Freeman

  16. Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

    Edward A. Frongillo

  17. The International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA

    Aulo Gelli, Derek Headey, Jef Leroy, Agnes Quisumbing & Marie Ruel

  18. Department of Animal Sciences, Emerging Pathogens Institute and Global Food Systems Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Arie Hendrik Havelaar

  19. The Royal Veterinary College, London, UK

    Javier Guitian

  20. Division of Food Systems and Food Safety, Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy

    Corinna Hawkes

  21. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    Andrew D. Jones

  22. Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Endale Amare Kifle

  23. International Livestock Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Theo Knight-Jones

  24. Center for Food Safety and Nutrition Security, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Barbara Kowalcyk

  25. Food Security Evidence Brokerage, Capitol Heights, MD, USA

    Charlotte Lane

  26. ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition and National Secretary, Nutrition Society of India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

    Avula Laxmaiah

  27. School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Karen Levy

  28. IGNITE, Nairobi, Kenya

    Catherine Macharia-Mutie

  29. Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

    William A. Masters

  30. Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

    Ellen McCullough

  31. CGIAR & International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA

    Purnima Menon

  32. Department of Nutritional Science and Dietetics, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Uganda

    Joweria Nambooze

  33. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

    Gloria Adobea Odei Obeng-Amoako

  34. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Abuja, Nigeria

    Adeyinka Onabolu

  35. Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

    Sara Monteiro Pires

  36. Tanager, Washington, DC, USA

    Sarah Sahlaney

  37. 3ie, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Rohan Shah

  38. Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Huynh Thi Thanh Tuyen

  39. School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, UK

    Bhavani Shankar & Janelle Windus

  40. Center for Food Science and Nutrition, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Ashagrie Zewdu

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Nutritious Food Systems Consortium

  • Olutayo Adeyemi
  • , Alex Kojo Anderson
  • , Ananya Awasthi
  • , Winnie Bell
  • , Christine Kiria Chege
  • , Esther Choo
  • , Desalegne M. Degefaw
  • , Megan Deitchler
  • , Matthew C. Freeman
  • , Edward A. Frongillo
  • , Aulo Gelli
  • , Arie Hendrik Havelaar
  • , Javier Guitian
  • , Corinna Hawkes
  • , Derek Headey
  • , Andrew D. Jones
  • , Suneetha Kadiyala
  • , Endale Amare Kifle
  • , Theo Knight-Jones
  • , Barbara Kowalcyk
  • , Charlotte Lane
  • , Avula Laxmaiah
  • , Jef Leroy
  • , Karen Levy
  • , Catherine Macharia-Mutie
  • , William A. Masters
  • , Ellen McCullough
  • , Purnima Menon
  • , Joweria Nambooze
  • , Gloria Adobea Odei Obeng-Amoako
  • , Adeyinka Onabolu
  • , Sara Monteiro Pires
  • , Agnes Quisumbing
  • , Marie Ruel
  • , Sarah Sahlaney
  • , Folake Samuel
  • , Rohan Shah
  • , Huynh Thi Thanh Tuyen
  • , Bhavani Shankar
  • , Janelle Windus
  • , Ayala Wineman
  • , Joe Yates
  • , Giacomo Zanello
  •  & Ashagrie Zewdu

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Wineman, A., Zanello, G., Degefaw, D.M. et al. A call to action for transformation towards nutritious food systems. Nat Food 5, 2–3 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00896-6

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