A ‘Common Food Policy’ for Europe: How governance reforms can spark a shift to healthy diets and sustainable food systems

Olivier De Schutter, Nick Jacobs and Chantal Clément

Food Policy, 2020, vol. 96, issue C

Abstract: More than half of adults in the European Union (EU) are now either overweight or obese (53%). Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), many of which are diet-related, account for 70% of mortality in Europe and a growing share of healthcare costs. While eating habits have an important role to play in NCD prevention, consumption patterns across the EU are diverging significantly from recommended diets. There is growing consensus on the solution: a series of coordinated and wide-ranging policy interventions to build healthy ‘food environments’.

Keywords: Food policy; Policy integration; Common food policy; Governance; Food and agriculture; Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101849

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