Health + Nutrition

Overview

Diets heavy in animal products and ultra-processed foods are the single largest driver of food-related disease. They fuel rising rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer – health costs that account for over 60% of the food system’s total failure in economic terms. At the same time, hundreds of millions still face undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, creating a double burden of malnutrition worldwide.

Nutrition research shows that dietary patterns – not isolated nutrients – determine long-term health outcomes. Balanced, diverse, and healthier diets could prevent millions of premature deaths each year, cut health-care costs by trillions, and improve quality of life. But achieving this shift requires more than education: food environments, supply chains, and policy must change so that healthier choices become the default.

What you’ll find here

• Nutrition Evidence: What science shows about diet and disease.
• Public Health Impacts: From chronic disease to undernutrition and micronutrient gaps.
• Food Safety: Risks and regulations that protect consumers.
• Healthcare Costs: The economic toll of diet-related illness.
• Overviews: Major reports and systematic reviews connecting diets, nutrition, and health outcomes.