Health promotion and disease prevention through provision and consumption of healthy diets are increasingly recognised as crucial, both socially and economically, in the face of strained healthcare systems, an ageing population, and the high individual and economic costs of diseases.The Foresight study ‘Tomorrow's healthy society – research priorities for foods and diets’ was initiated to inform the selection of research challenges to receive funding under the Horizon 2020 programme. The exploratory scenario-building approach focused on the European consumer with the year 2050 as a long-term time horizon. Four different future scenarios were developed using the extremes of two main drivers – agricultural commodity prices (low or high) and societal values (community spirit or individualistic society). The scenarios provided the basis for the identification and prioritisation of research needs to address the challenges and opportunities arising from the different scenarios. The resulting ten research priorities fall into four thematic areas: Towards healthier eating: integrated policy-making; Food, nutrients and health: cross-interactions and emerging risks; Making individualised diets a reality; and Shaping and coping with the 2050 food system.
BOCK Anne-Katrin;
MARAGKOUDAKIS Petros;
WOLLGAST Jan;
LOURO CALDEIRA Sandra;
CZIMBALMOS Agnes;
RZYCHON Malgorzata;
ATZEL Bela;
ULBERTH Franz;
Bock A, Maragkoudakis P, Wollgast J, Louro Caldeira S, Czimbalmos A, Rzychon M, Atzel B, Ulberth F. Tomorrow`s healthy society - Research priorities for foods and diets. EUR 26821. Luxembourg (Luxembourg): Publications Office of the European Union; 2014. JRC91330
2014-11-26
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC91330
978-92-79-40071-1 (print),
978-92-79-40070-4 (online),
1018-5593 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 26821,
OP LB-NA-26821-EN-C (print),
OP LB-NA-26821-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC91330,
10.2788/14108 (print),
10.2788/1395 (online),
