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Food for a Healthy Planet - Week 4 - Lecture 1 (Economic trends relating…
Food for a Healthy Planet - Week 4 - Lecture 1
Economic trends relating to food and a healthy planet
Heading for 10 million people
2 largest population - China and India
Australian population growth
Impacts on feeding the population
Huge amount of people living into their older years
Chrnoic diseases = Malnutrition or Malnubesity
Lack of sufficient calories
Lack of valuable calories
Intake of highly processed foods that are energy dense = obesity
Obesity in Australia
QLD = Highest obesity levels (type 2 diabetes = higher rate)
Feeding the world
Growing middle class
Ageing world
Urbanisation
Competition for land
Resource scarcity
Ecosystems in decline
Water Scarce World
Technological advances
Health risks and risk factors for occupants of the planet
Obesity
Issues include
affect on heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines
It is a 20th century problem
almost normal
Precursor of chronic diseases
obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, amputations
type 2 diabetes = insulin resistance due to high amount of fat around stomach
Lifestyle has changed more than we have evolved
Plant breeding began
Higher glycaemic load
Higher saturated fat
Micro nutrient density
Macronutrient composition
Acid-base balance
Sodium Potassium balance
Fibre content
Evolution of food
Carrots
All fruit has become sweet
Plants cannot run from predators (obvs) therefore bitter compounds as self preservation compounds = nutritional value e.g. antioxidant
Personalised nutrition and where that is going
To read
McGill paper
Sugar and fat taxes