Navigating Food and Nutrition Challenges: Socioeconomic and Ecological Drivers
This editorial underscores the importance of multidisciplinary research in understanding the socioeconomic and ecological drivers of food and nutrition challenges, advocating for collaborative efforts to improve public health and nutrition education.
College of Health researcher(s)
Abstract
Ecology of Food and Nutrition (EFN) fosters rigorous scholarly discourse regarding the interconnected and comprehensive aspects of food and nutrition. The journal’s articles explore the dynamic roles of food and food systems in fulfilling human nutritional requirements and enhancing overall health and well-being. EFN also provides a valuable space for research that delves into how ecological, social, and cultural factors shape food availability, individual dietary choices, consumption patterns, food traditions, and nutritional well-being. In an academic landscape, EFN stands out as one of the few journals committed to publishing articles that explicitly examine the complex intersections of food and nutrition, biological and cultural influences, and the broader realms of policy and practice, all viewed through a holistic and global lens. EFN’s mission is to encourage and promote this kind of multidisciplinary scholarship, fostering a deeper understanding of the complexities of interactions inherent in the worldwide food and nutrition landscape. The current issue of EFN includes eight articles based on studies conducted in Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Mexico. These articles focus on the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of continuous breastfeeding, socioeconomic determinants of undernutrition, food choices, and food insecurity, and convenient and minimally invasive anthropometric measures of nutritional and health status.