by metabolicmatrix | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Move to sustainable food systems could bring $10tn benefits a year, study finds Existing production destroys more value than it creates due to medical and environmental costs, researchers say A shift towards a more sustainable global food system could create up to...
by metabolicmatrix | Jan 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Most everyone thinks obesity is about calories, known as the Energy Balance Model (EBM). But that doesn’t explain why certain foods cause more obesity, it doesn’t take the role of the microbiome into account, and it doesn’t explain why certain chemicals cause...
by metabolicmatrix | Dec 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Global diabetes cases to soar from 529 million to 1.3 billion by 2050 Every country in the world is expected to see rates increase SEATTLE, Wash. June 22, 2023 – More than half a billion people are living with diabetes worldwide, affecting men, women, and children of...
by metabolicmatrix | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Transforming the Global Food System for Human Health and Resilience – an Insight Report from the World Economic Forum Preface Post World War II, the global food system focused on producing safe, inexpensive, high-calorie food for the world’s growing population....
by metabolicmatrix | Nov 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ultraprocessed foods now account for two-thirds of calories in the diets of children and teens Children and teens in the United States now get more than two-thirds of their calories from ultraprocessed foods, an analysis of almost two decades worth of data has found....
by metabolicmatrix | Nov 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
Research shows oil companies are investing heavily in petrochemicals for use in pesticides, fertilisers, and plastic packaging. Food systems are responsible for at least 15 percent of all global fossil fuel consumption, according to a major report launched ahead of...
