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Nutrition: the new world map.

Geoffrey Cannon1

  • 1Department of Nutrition, University of Brasília, Brazil. GeoffreyCannon@aol.com

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
|December 21, 2002
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A paradigm shift in nutrition science is needed, moving beyond outdated principles like equating health with growth. A new, globally-aware nutrition framework integrates personal, population, and planetary health for a holistic understanding.

Area of Science:

  • Nutrition science
  • Environmental health
  • Global health

Background:

  • Current nutrition science is based on 19th and 20th-century theses, leading to a "map" ill-suited for contemporary understanding.
  • Historical parallels exist with Ptolemaic cosmology, where established paradigms inhibited new discoveries.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critique the foundational principles of traditional nutrition science.
  • To propose a new, globally-oriented nutrition paradigm.
  • To advocate for a holistic approach integrating personal, population, and planetary health.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of historical and current nutrition science principles.
  • Ideological critique of anthropocentric and materialist underpinnings of nutrition.

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  • Development of a new framework for nutrition based on ecological integration.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified core tenets of nutrition science (health=growth, animal food superiority) as rooted in materialist ideology.
    • Proposed a new nutrition model that positions humans within nature.
    • Advocated for a global perspective valuing personal, population, and planetary health equally.

    Conclusions:

    • The established nutrition science framework requires a fundamental re-evaluation.
    • A new nutrition paradigm, akin to the Copernican revolution, can redefine humanity's relationship with the natural world.
    • This "new nutrition" offers a more accurate and sustainable framework for understanding health in a global context.