Book review: Reshaping Food Systems to Improve Nutrition and Health in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

Abstract

The book titled “Reshaping Food systems to improve nutrition and health in the eastern Mediterranean Region,” written by Ayoub Al-Jawaldeh and Alexa L. Meyer points out that to make healthy and sustainable diets accessible to all, we need to significantly change current methods of food production and consumption, also in the face of climate change. Therefore, the United Nations have convened a Food Systems Summit in September 2021 to offer a platform for exchange and cooperation between countries and actors in the food system and they are organized into five courses of action that include: 1. Ensure access to safe and nutrition food for all, 2. Shift to sustainable consumption patterns, 3. Boost nature-positive production, 4. Advance equitable livelihoods, 5. Build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stress. The aims of this book are to eliminate malnutrition and food insecurity and increase access to safe food in order to achieve high priorities in the fight against poverty.