title: [The state of the art on nutrition, food safety and food security].
abstract: In Italy, public health is experiencing a phase of crisis. A contraction of services and a staff reallocation have affected in particular Food Hygiene services. We explored Pubmed and Google Ngram Viewer© to define the state of the art of research in food and nutritional field from a quantitative point of view and we focused on some areas of interest in terms of improvement of professional practice. The Italian contribution to food and nutritional research is still limited. Our findings seem to demonstrate the need of an alliance between the world of research and Public Health services, so as to develop a sustainable and effective health system.
authors.affiliation: Università degli studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di medicina sperimentale e clinica, Sezione health services research. guglielmo.bonaccorsi@unifi.it.
authors.forename: Guglielmo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bonaccorsi
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lorini
authors.forename: Barbara Rita
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Porchia
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Capecchi
authors.forename: Marcella
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malavolti
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aggazzotti
mesh_terms: D015706:Bibliometrics; D004032:Diet; D059022:Food Safety; D005523:Food Supply; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D052756:Nutritional Sciences; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health / Q000191:economics; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000191:economics; D012106:Research; D057386:Search Engine; D000078329:Workforce