Promoting healthy, sustainable food systems is part of WHOโ€™s prescription for healthy recovery from #COVID19 and delivering #HealthForAll, well-being and equity around the ๐ŸŒŽ

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How are food systems and health linked?

1โƒฃUnhealthy diets and food insecurity
Diseases caused by either a lack of access to ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿor a diet high in sugar, salt or fats, are now among the most significant causes of ๐ŸŒŽ ill health.

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Food systems are more than what we eat!
Our relationship to food ๐Ÿฅ— spans society, politics, culture, jobs, faith, communities & families; every part of our lives, including our ๐Ÿฉบ
Understanding food systems & health, helps all of us take action for๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿพ&๐ŸŒ

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How are food systems and health linked?

2โƒฃ Food Safety
Every year, unsafe food containing harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals, causes more than 200 diseases, leading to:
โžก๏ธ 600 million people falling sick
โžก๏ธ 420 000 preventable deaths

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How are food systems and health linked?

3โƒฃ Environmental contamination
Practices used to
๐ŸŒฑ grow
๐Ÿญ produce
๐Ÿš› transport
๐Ÿ—‘๏ธ dispose of
... our food can contaminate our air, soil & water.
1 in 4 people die from causes linked to environmental conditions.

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4โƒฃ Occupational hazards
People who formally or informally work in the food system (from ๐Ÿšœ to ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ) may face risks to their health on the job:
๐Ÿค• Injury
โ˜ ๏ธ Poisoning
๐Ÿซ Development of noncommunicable diseases
๐Ÿ˜จ Stress

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How are food systems and health linked?

5โƒฃZoonosis & Antimicrobial Resistance
Common practices in agriculture like deforestation
and overuse of antibiotics, are key causes of new and emerging diseases (e.g. Ebola, HIV, SARS) and #AntimicrobialResistance

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