The Insufficient Calorie : How the Nutritional Quality of Food was Overlooked in the Drive to Eliminate Hunger

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Hughes, Jacqueline D'a
Copyright Year	2021
Description	Food is a basic human need, but nutritional security often takes second place to food security. Providing carbohydrates, fats and proteins is usually easier to achieve than ensuring the population has access to micronutrients in addition to macronutrients. Micronutrients vital for human health are found in many vegetables and fruit, but the absence of alignment between agriculture (or more specifically horticulture) and health in many counties, both developing and developed, means that the nutritional needs of consumers are rarely taken into account.In many parts of the world, fast food and 'street food' are becoming increasingly common - profitability and good nutrition need not be mutually exclusive. Although nutritional quality, taste and texture increasingly have been lost in the drive for higher yields, nutrition-sensitive horticultural production can increase the availability and affordability of fruit and vegetables to supply these important components of the diet. Book Name: The Basics of Human Civilization
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Ending Page	59
Page Count	23
Starting Page	37
DOI	10.1201/9781003246237-7
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2021-10-12
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: The Basics of Human Civilization Food Security Macronutrients Nutritional Quality Micronutrients Proteins Horticulture Increasingly
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter