Balancing nutritional health and climate co-benefits in national dietary guidelines

Synopsis

Dr. Scheelbeek will explore the connections between food systems, health, and climate change, highlighting recent trends and the urgent need for transformation. She will present solutions that support both sustainability and population health, with a focus on consumer-level change and the role of national dietary guidelines. While these guidelines influence food policy and public procurement, they rarely consider environmental impacts. Dr. Scheelbeek will discuss the challenges of balancing nutrition with climate goals and the global consequences of food systems in the Global North on the Global South. She will conclude by sharing her vision for the future, including the potential of novel plant-based foods in creating healthier, more sustainable food systems.

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September
October

Speaker

Dr Pauline Scheelbeek

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Pauline Scheelbeek is an Associate Professor in Planetary Health & Nutritional Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Climate Change, Health and Sustainable Development.
The research of Pauline and her team focusses on discovering healthy, sustainable, resilient and realistic solutions that will accelerate transformational food system change, especially in the Global North. Currently she leads the Accelerating Behaviour Change towards Sustainable and Healthy Diets in Europe (ABC-SHEADE) project, co-leads the multi-country Sustainable and Health Food Systems (SHEFS) project focussing on Southern Africa, and leads the Digital Evidence Synthesis Tools for Climate and Health (DEST) project.

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