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In Nutrition for a Better Life, one of the food industry's leading experts takes a factual look into the past and future of food and nutrition. Former Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe shows that while in the past forty years convenience was the selling point for many industrially produced foods, consumers have now come to demand specifically healthy products. Going forward, it is health that will drive innovation in the industry. Using cutting-edge technology and scientifically based nutrition standards, the food industry will play a decisive role in improving the wellbeing of entire population groups, offering effective and cost-saving personalized diets that will both prevent and administer to the acute and chronic diseases of the twenty-first century.
Sommario
Contents
Foreword9
Introduction15
The future of food-personalized, science-based, resources efficient, caring19
Chapter 1:
On the way to nutrition of the future21
Global megatrends on the consumer side22
The tasks of the new food science33
Life Sciences-A new dimension of science as a solution35
Chapter 2:
From the beginnings of industrial food production to today43
When the specter of hunger dominated the world44
With industrialization came prosperity47
What has changed since the baby boomer period65
The international food industry72
The development of research from its beginnings to nutrigenomics76
Chapter 3:
How can a growing world population stay healthy and live longer?85
Societal changes affect the global food industry87
Food to stay healthy and fit93
How the global food industry is structured101
Chapter 4:
Life Sciences and the revolution of biology, nutrition and health 109
The mission statement-A personalized diet for different population groups109
Understanding how the body really works 111
Living a long and healthy life as a research target 125
Chapter 5:
The responsibility of the food industry129
The consumer is the focus from the very beginning129
The growing market for specialty and wellness food131
Nutrition as therapy139
Solutions for certain life situations and risk groups 140
Chapter 6:
The responsibility of policy143
Preventive health systems as part of global health 145
Ensuring fair competition as a political task147
Chapter 7:
The responsibility of each individual149
What can we decide and what not?149
Traditions, diet myths and ideological trends154
How the social environment shapes our eating habits160
The influence of diet on health163
Chapter 8:
Milestones on the way to the future175
What is conceivable, what is possible?176
Appendix 181
Notes 189
Literature199
Internet 211
Acknowledgements217
Index 218
Info autore
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe is chairman of the board of directors at Nestlé in Vevey, Switzerland, as well as vice chairman of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum.
Riassunto
In Nutrition for a Better Life, one of the food industry's leading experts takes a factual look into the past and future of food and nutrition. Former Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe shows that while in the past forty years convenience was the selling point for many industrially produced foods, consumers have now come to demand specifically healthy products. Going forward, it is health that will drive innovation in the industry. Using cutting-edge technology and scientifically based nutrition standards, the food industry will play a decisive role in improving the wellbeing of entire population groups, offering effective and cost-saving personalized diets that will both prevent and administer to the acute and chronic diseases of the twenty-first century.
