Strategies for the promotion of healthy, adequate and sustainable food in Brazil in times of Covid-19

Abstract The current scenario generated by the Covid-19 pandemic enhances the condition of food and nutrition insecurity due to the worsening of poverty, hunger and lack of access to food, as well as the excess consumption of foods considered unhealthy. The effects of the pandemic enhances the need for a new way of arranging the production, distribution and consumption of food, giving new meaning to the relationship between food, eating and the environment. Thus, it is suggested that a reflection be made on the strategies for the appropriate healthy, adequate and sustainable diet in Brazil to face this health emergency. Actions must be focused on the articulation of strategies that foster sovereignty, food and nutrition security and healthier and more sustainable food systems such as the strengthening of family farming; income assurance for the population; access to quality food; changes in the food environment; dissemination of information on healthy and sustainable food in official recommendations for the pandemic and food guides covering the entire food system, as well as food and nutrition education practices.

摘要：新冠疫情（Covid-19 pandemic）所催生的当前局势，因贫困、饥饿与食品获取途径匮乏状况加剧，叠加不健康食品的过度消费，进一步恶化了粮食与营养不安全的现状。疫情的影响使得社会亟需探索全新的粮食生产、分配与消费模式，为粮食、饮食与环境三者间的关系赋予了全新的内涵。有鉴于此，亟需针对巴西应对此次卫生紧急事件的健康、充足且可持续膳食策略展开系统性反思。相关行动应聚焦于统筹协调各类策略，以培育粮食主权、保障粮食与营养安全，并构建更健康、更可持续的粮食系统——具体举措包括强化家庭农业、保障民众收入、提升优质食品可及性、改善食品消费环境、在针对疫情的官方建议与覆盖全粮食体系的膳食指南中传播健康与可持续食品相关信息，以及开展粮食与营养教育实践。