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Near-term implementable finding

Sustainable diets and functional foods for the prevention of cardio-metabolic diseases and sustainable development goals of the UNO. An international consensus of scientific statement of the international college of nutrition and 28th world congress on clinical nutrition, Bogor, Indonesia.

This international consensus statement examines how industrialization, urbanization, and unsustainable farming practices have contributed to declines in nutritious food production and rising cardio-metabolic disease burden globally. The expert panel recommends aligning sustainable dietary patterns and functional food consumption with UN Sustainable Development Goals to improve population-level cardiometabolic health outcomes.

This international consensus statement examines how industrialization, urbanization, and unsustainable farming practices have contributed to declines in nutritious food production and rising cardio-metabolic disease burden globally. The expert panel recommends aligning sustainable dietary patterns and functional food consumption with UN Sustainable Development Goals to improve population-level cardiometabolic health outcomes.

What the study was

Study design
Randomized controlled trial
Category
Prevention
Maturity
Potentially Practice-Changing
Journal
BMC cardiovascular disorders

Why it surfaced

High-priority Cardiovascular-metabolic: GLP-1, SGLT2, cardiometabolic risk study: near-term clinical implementability warrants immediate pipeline escalation.

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