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0196/2021 - The role of the Brazilian Unified Health System in combating the global syndemic and in the development of sustainable food systems
O papel do Sistema Único de Saúde no combate à sindemia global e no desenvolvimento de sistemas alimentares sustentáveis

Author:

• Alisson Diego Machado - Machado, A. D. - <alissondmachado@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1564-5405

Co-author(s):

• Ana Maria Bertolini - Bertolini - <lelabritts@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6833-8249
• Letícia da Silva Brito - Brito, L. da S. - <lelabritts@hotmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6982-505X
• Mirelly dos Santos Amorim - Amorim, M. dos S. - <mirellyamorimnut@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1031-7290
• Mônica Rocha Gonçalves - Gonçalves, M. R. - <monicarocha.g2@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9228-6848
• Raquel de Andrade Cardoso Santiago - Santiago, R. de A. C. - <racsantiago@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6894-2008
• Dirce Maria Marchioni - Marchioni, D. M. - <marchioni@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-5779
• Aline Martins de Carvalho - Carvalho, A. M. de - <alinenutri@usp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-5609


Abstract:

Pandemics of undernutrition and obesity, associated with climate change, constitute a global syndemic. There is a relevant point of convergence, which is the unsustainability of current food systems. In this article, we discuss the role of public health policies, particularly the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) in the context of Primary Health Care, in combating the global syndemic and in the development of sustainable food systems. In this scenario, the National Food and Nutrition Policy is a leading intersectoral tool for an adequate and healthy diet, and food and nutritional security. Also, the Dietary Guidelines for the Brazilian Population is a strategic tool to support food and nutrition education. We highlight the need to articulate health, agriculture, and environmental policies to achieve sustainable development. Thus, SUS can promote the main discussions on this topic, acting to potentialize individual, collective and institutional actions to provide a more just, healthy, and sustainable food system.

Keywords:

Unified Health System, Health policy, Food and nutrition security, Sustainable development

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Machado, A. D., Bertolini, Brito, L. da S., Amorim, M. dos S., Gonçalves, M. R., Santiago, R. de A. C., Marchioni, D. M., Carvalho, A. M. de. The role of the Brazilian Unified Health System in combating the global syndemic and in the development of sustainable food systems. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/the-role-of-the-brazilian-unified-health-system-in-combating-the-global-syndemic-and-in-the-development-of-sustainable-food-systems/18095



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