Deep Dives

 

Deep Dive 3C: Acting on Food Systems Transformation for Better Health and Wellbeing

Moderator:

  • Helena Leurent, Director General, Consumers International

Speakers:

  • Ronit Endevelt, Head of the Nutrition Division- Ministry of Health, Israel
  • Lina Mahy, Technical Officer, WHO Department Nutrition and Food Safety
  • Dr Jamie Morrison, Director, Food Systems and Food Safety Division, Food and Agriculture Organization
  • Anders Nordström, Global Ambassador for Health, UN Policy Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Swede
  • Java Sealy, CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Barbados

This deep dive session will identify key outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) and how the health promotion community can work to catalyze action on these outcomes to achieve better health and wellbeing for all. Expert panelists will explore how emerging tools, initiatives and food system country pathways can foster coordinated, transformative efforts to tackle the underlying drivers of all forms of malnutrition in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and improve the health and wellbeing of people and planet. The session includes insights from the UNFSS Secretariat, WHO, Consumers International, Act4Good and country experiences from Ghana, Israel and Sweden.