title: Functional foods and urban agriculture: two responses to climate change-related food insecurity.
abstract: Affluent diets have negative effects on the health of the population and the environment. Moreover, the ability of industrialised agricultural ecosystems to continue to supply these diets is threatened by the anticipated consequences of climate change. By challenging the ongoing supply the diets of affluent countries, climate change provides a population and environmental health opportunity. This paper contrasts two strategies for dealing with climate change-related food insecurity. Functional foods are being positioned as one response because they are considered a hyper-efficient mechanism for supplying essential micronutrients. An alternative response is civic and urban agriculture. Rather than emphasising increased economic or nutritional efficiencies, civic agriculture presents a holistic approach to food security that is more directly connected to the economic, environmental and social factors that affect diet and health.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University. jane.dixon@anu.edu.au
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Kelly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: Lucy L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Pike
authors.forename: Libby
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hattersley
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001315:Australia; D004782:Environmental Health; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058870:Food, Organic; D017752:Greenhouse Effect; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*