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COVID-19: The Urgency to Expand Sustainable Nutrition Solutions

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Nutrition is a multidimensional and complex issue. Several sectors are implicated in nutrition, by far the most obvious ones being the health sector and the food sector. This interlinking of nutrition into multiple sectors has given rise to a new area of multidisciplinary study that combines insights from agriculture, nutrition, economics, and social sciences. The field is still emerging, and the major research focus has been on specific aspects of agri-food system change in various nations. Even though sustainability has been a buzzword for some time now, researchers can argue that some have abused the word for their vested interest; the role of sustainable scientific interventions to address the triple burden of malnutrition cannot be neglected. Yet, the sustainable potential of nutraceuticals in combating nutrition has not been studied much. In this review, the researcher attempts to understand nutraceuticals and how they can contribute to expanding sustainable nutrition solutions, especially in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic.

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  1. The Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, India

    Anamika Yadav

  2. Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawahar Lal Nehru university, New Delhi, India

    Anamika Yadav

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  1. Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Pardeep Singh

  2. International Foresight Centre, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

    Yulia Milshina

  3. School of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

    André Batalhão

  4. School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

    Sanjeev Sharma

  5. Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    Marlia Mohd Hanafiah

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Yadav, A. (2023). COVID-19: The Urgency to Expand Sustainable Nutrition Solutions. In: Singh, P., Milshina, Y., Batalhão, A., Sharma, S., Hanafiah, M.M. (eds) The Route Towards Global Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10437-4_12

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