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  • Nutritional science and public health
  • Agri-food systems analysis
  • Biomedical sciences

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  • Nutritional quality of food is vital for human and animal health.
  • Numerous factors, including agricultural practices, processing, and storage, impact nutrient content.
  • Agri-food systems play a fundamental role in global nutrient security.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the emerging field investigating agri-food systems' influence on nutrient quality.
  • To emphasize the need for multidisciplinary data (agricultural, environmental, social, economic, biomedical) for system modeling.
  • To underscore the critical requirement of defining and measuring health for effective nutrient quality improvement strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Review and synthesis of factors influencing nutrient quality within agri-food systems.
  • Conceptual modeling approach integrating diverse data sectors.
  • Identification of knowledge gaps in defining health metrics for nutritional interventions.

Main Results:

  • Agri-food systems are complex and influenced by a wide array of interconnected factors.
  • Advances in pre- and post-harvest processing, biofortification, and food fortification can improve nutrient targeting.
  • A clear definition and measurement of health are currently lacking, hindering efforts to improve nutrient quality.

Conclusions:

  • Improving agri-food systems is essential for nutrient security, but requires a holistic, data-driven approach.
  • Sustainable and consumer-acceptable food production must be prioritized.
  • Defining and measuring health is a fundamental prerequisite for advancing nutritional science and public health initiatives.