Disability-adjusted life years due to chronic and hidden hunger under food system evolution with climate change and adaptation to 2050.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Climate change presents an increasing challenge for food-nutrition security. Nutrition metrics calculated from quantitative food system projections can help focus policy actions.

Objectives

To estimate future chronic and hidden hunger disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)-due to protein-energy undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, respectively-using food systems projections to evaluate the potential impact of climate change and agricultural sector investment for adaptation.

Methods

We use a novel combination of a chronic and hidden hunger DALY estimation procedure and food system projections from quantitative foresight modeling to assess DALYs under alternative agricultural sector scenarios to midcentury.

Results

Total chronic and hidden hu

SUBMITTER: Sulser TB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8326044 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature