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Slide summary from my presentation at #COP27 about the Unique Role of Nutrient-Dense Animal Proteins for Sustainable Food Security. (thread) #meat #livestock #foodsystems #nutrition #climatechange #malnutrition #hiddenhunger #foodsecurity 
Are the charges against meat and livestock justified? Are we looking at this debate in a holistic way? Are we certain of the evidence against meat?
Or are policymakers afflicted by "Carbon Tunnel Vision" and not taking into account the multidimensional value livestock have to human health, rural livelihoods and ecosystem function?
If you missed the #HiddenHunger webinar I will post my slides on this thread.
You can watch the entire recording here:
gainhealth.org/events/new-glo…
@LancetGH paper is here:
thelancet.com/journals/langl…
You can watch the entire recording here:
gainhealth.org/events/new-glo…
@LancetGH paper is here:
thelancet.com/journals/langl…
I started with a brief overview of the approach. More details are in the paper. In short, this was the first ever estimate of prevalence of any micronutrient deficiency worldwide.
Here are the biomarkers, cutoffs, and inflammation details for the micronutrients assessed.
A5. #COVID19 = lost income for many which makes difficult to purchase food, esp. nutritious food. Will ‘cope’ by purchasing cheapest calories they can find. They will stop being hungry but could still be malnourished. #NutritionCantWait #COVID19Nutrition (1/3)
A5. Mothers may not have support to provide care for their babies, breastfeed them, etc. due to increased burden of care, stress and reduced healthy systems services. #MalnutritionCrisis underlies food crisis. (2/3) #NutritionCantWait #COVID19Nutrition @1000Days
A5. We "see” hunger, but malnutrition = #HiddenHunger & results in long-term devasting health impacts incl weaker immune sys, lowers disease resilience, and increases stunting and wasting. (3/3) #NutritionCantWait #COVID19Nutrition @CanadaDev
