title: Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities.
abstract: The Airlie Conference on "Food Systems and Public Health: Linkages to Achieve Healthier Diets and Healthier Communities" was convened to discuss how we as a nation can shift toward promoting healthy, sustainably produced foods that are aligned with national dietary and health priorities; the most strategic changes in policy, governance and practices that can help this shift occur; and identify knowledge gaps and policy-relevant research needs. This special theme issue presents papers emanating from the conference, and policy-relevant research and action recommendations from the small group breakout sessions.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Story
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wallinga