Global and regional food consumption patterns and trends

Promoting healthy diets and lifestyles to reduce the global burden of no communicable diseases requires a multisectoral approach involving the various relevant sectors in societies. The agriculture and food sector figures prominently in this enterprise and must be given due importance in any consideration of the promotion of healthy diets for individuals and population groups. Food strategies must not merely be directed at ensuring food security for all, but must also achieve the consumption of adequate quantities of safe and good quality foods that together make up a healthy diet. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality