TY - JOUR

T1 - The impact of climate change on food systems, diet quality, nutrition, and health outcomes: A narrative review

AU - Owino, Victor

AU - Kumwenda, Chiza

AU - Ekesa, Beatice

AU - Parker, Megan E

AU - Ewoldt, Laina

AU - Roos, Nanna

AU - Lee, Warren T

AU - Tomé, Daniel

N1 - CURIS 2022 NEXS 216

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Many consequences of climate change undermine the stability of global food systems, decreasing food security and diet quality, and exposing vulnerable populations to multiple forms of malnutrition. The emergence of pandemics such as Covid-19 exacerbate the situation and make interactions even more complex. Climate change impacts food systems at different levels, including changes in soil fertility and crop yield, composition, and bioavailability of nutrients in foods, pest resistance, and risk of malnutrition. Sustainable and resilient food systems, coupled with climate-smart agriculture, are needed to ensure sustainable diets that are adequately diverse, nutritious, and better aligned with contextual ecosystem functions and environmental conservation. Robust tools and indicators are urgently needed to measure the reciprocal food systems-climate change interaction, that is further complicated by pandemics, and how it impacts human health.

AB - Many consequences of climate change undermine the stability of global food systems, decreasing food security and diet quality, and exposing vulnerable populations to multiple forms of malnutrition. The emergence of pandemics such as Covid-19 exacerbate the situation and make interactions even more complex. Climate change impacts food systems at different levels, including changes in soil fertility and crop yield, composition, and bioavailability of nutrients in foods, pest resistance, and risk of malnutrition. Sustainable and resilient food systems, coupled with climate-smart agriculture, are needed to ensure sustainable diets that are adequately diverse, nutritious, and better aligned with contextual ecosystem functions and environmental conservation. Robust tools and indicators are urgently needed to measure the reciprocal food systems-climate change interaction, that is further complicated by pandemics, and how it impacts human health.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - Climate change

KW - Sustainable food systems

KW - COVID-19 pandemic

KW - Nutrient deficiencies

KW - Food composistion

U2 - 10.3389/fclim.2022.941842

DO - 10.3389/fclim.2022.941842

M3 - Review

VL - 4

JO - Frontiers in Climate

JF - Frontiers in Climate

SN - 2624-9553

M1 - 941842

ER -