Food Security and Obesity: Promoting Sustainable Food Systems Report

This report examines the crucial relationship between food security, obesity, and sustainable food systems. It highlights the role of government in promoting healthy eating habits and preventing obesity through initiatives like providing nutritious food and educating households on balanced diets. The report emphasizes the importance of food security in addressing nutritional complications, especially among vulnerable populations. It underscores how government-provided relief food can contribute to healthier eating and prevent the risk of overweight and obesity, supported by references to relevant research. The report focuses on how sustainable food systems can improve public health outcomes. This assignment provides a detailed analysis of these interconnected issues.

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Promotion of sustainable food system
Promotion of sustainable food system to improve food security and prevent obesity is one of
the approaches used by the government in ensuring healthy living within the country since
obesity is closely linked to the food security thus nutritional practices.
One of the risk factors of overweight obesity is poor nutritional practices. Therefore,
promotion of a sustainable food system by the government in an attempt to prevent obesity will
require the government to provide more nutritious and healthy food to the households which will
not predispose them to the risk of obesity. Promotion of sustainable food system involves
government education the household on the benefit of healthy eating and component of a
balanced diet in their meals as these are some of the preventive measures which can help to curb
and prevent the rising obesity cases.
Food insecurity has been a major public health issue since most of the households are not
able to get enough food for consumption hence leading to nutritional complication to the young
members of the household. Therefore, promotion of food security to the less fortunate members
of the community will greatly contribute to the better health of the households. Relief food
provided by the government is healthy and nutritious for human consumption as they contain all
the required nutrients by the body at a correct quantity thus prevents unhealthy eating which will
predispose the household to the risk of overweight obesity especially to the kids and adolescent
population. (Gustafson, et al., 2016, pg. 196).

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References
Gustafson, D., Gutman, A., Leet, W., Drewnowski, A., Fanzo, J. and Ingram, J., 2016. Seven
food system metrics of sustainable nutrition security. Sustainability, 8(3), p.196.