The role of the Brazilian Unified Health System in combating the global syndemic and in the development sustainable food systems.

Autor: Machado AD; Departamento de Clínica Médica, Disciplina de Nefrologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar 255 sala 7115, Cerqueira César. 05403-000 São Paulo SP Brasil. alinenutri@usp.br., Bertolini AM; Departamento de Saúde Ambiental, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo SP Brasil., Brito LDS; Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro. Aveiro Portugal., Amorim MDS; Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo SP Brasil., Gonçalves MR; Núcleo de Apoio às Atividades de Cultura e Extensão Sustentarea, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo SP Brasil., Santiago RAC; Faculdade de Nutrição, Universidade Federal de Goiás. Goiânia GO Brasil., Marchioni DM; Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo SP Brasil., Carvalho AM; Departamento de Nutrição, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo SP Brasil.
Jazyk: Portuguese; English
Zdroj: Ciencia & saude coletiva [Cien Saude Colet] 2021 Oct; Vol. 26 (10), pp. 4511-4518. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 30.
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320212610.11702021
Abstrakt: The undernutrition and obesity pandemics associated with climate change are a global syndemic. They have a point of convergence, which is the unsustainable current food systems. This paper aims to discuss the role of public health policies, particularly the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in the context of Primary Health Care, in combating the global syndemic and in the development of sustainable food systems. In this scenario, the National Food and Nutrition Policy is a leading intersectoral tool for an adequate and healthy diet and food and nutrition security. Also, the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian population is a strategic tool to support food and nutrition education. We highlight the need to articulate health, agriculture, and environmental policies to achieve sustainable development. Thus, SUS can be the arena to promote the main discussions on this topic, potentiating individual, group, and institutional actions to provide a fairer, healthy, and sustainable food system.
Databáze: MEDLINE