Sustainable Nutrition in a Changing World

From the Contents: Introduction.- Food and Nutrition Security.- Sustainable healthy diets: Models and measures.- Measurements of food insecurity.- Modeling of Sustainable Nutrition Security.- Nutrition security in older adults - status quo and future development.- Rationale for a combination of selected micronutrients to improve cognition and prevent or slow down age related cognitive impairment.- Food insecurity and poverty in Germany.- Meat consumption and Sustainability - How is a change of consumer behavior possible?.- Food Insecurity: Determinants and Impacts.- Sustainable micronutrients in Europe - any concern?.- Micronutrient status in affluent societies.- B-Vitamins.- Iron and Zinc: Two Principal Trace Element Nutrientsin the Context of Food Security Transitions.- Iodine deficiency: achievements and challenges for the 21st century.- Adequate protein in Nutrition - arguments for more or less ?.- Malnutrition - consequences for clinical outcome.- Introduction: Assuring Food & Nutrition Security in Affluent Societies.- Working Title: The Food Industry as a partner for Public Health?.- The challenge: Improving Food & Nutrition Security in Affluent Societies - A Food Ingredient Provider Perspective.- Food & Nutrition Security: A Consumer Perspective.- Food chain processes and food quality.- Formulating Food Ingredients for different Applications: Some examples.- Stability of vitamins A and E in edible oils.- The Search for the Optimal Macronutrient Recommendation and Nutrition Security.- Getting Enough Protein for the Growing World Population.- Nutrient density an important concept to assure food and nutrition security in modern societies.- Does it work? Is it worth it? Evaluating the costs and benefits of nutritional interventions.- Approaches to secure food and nutrition security in the elderly.- The Role

H. K. Biesalski is head of the department of biochemistry and nutrition and managing director of the Food Security Center at the University of Hohenheim, Germany. He is a member of numerous advisory and expert groups for the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition. Adam Drewnowski is a world-renowned leader in the prevention and treatment of obesity. He is Professor of Epidemiology and the Director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the School of Public Health. He is also the Director of the University of Washington Center for Obesity Research, which addresses the environmental, social and economic aspects of the obesity epidemic. Adam Drewnowski is Adjunct Professor of Medicine and is a Joint Member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.