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Lynnette Neufeld discusses the complexities of nutrition challenges, including malnutrition and the need for healthy diets.

In this episode of The Work We Do, we speak with Lynnette Neufeld, Director of FAO's Food and Nutrition Division, about the complex realities behind today's nutrition challenges. The conversation explores the double burden of malnutrition, where undernutrition and obesity can coexist within the same country, community, household or even individual. We also discuss why healthy diets costs more and the difficulties of advancing nutrition policies in contexts shaped by conflicting interests, commercial pressure and the need for stronger policy coherence. Lynnette reflects on her years working on the evaluation of Mexico's landmark conditional cash transfer programme , the mentors and experiences in Latin America that shaped her path from young researcher to senior leader in international nutrition, and her vision for FAO's role in the nutrition agenda: helping shift the focus from simply feeding the world to enabling access to and consumption of healthy diets for all. 00:00 Evidence over interests 00:45 Intro 00:59 The double burden of malnutrition 04:44 Policy responses 08:20 Why unhealthy food is cheaper 12:54 Nutrition beyond health 14:41 Ultra-processed foods 19:08 Commercial…

People in this episode

Guest: Lynnette Neufeld

Topics covered

• nutrition
• agriculture
• malnutrition
• healthy diets
• policy coherence
• commercial pressure

Keywords

• nutrition
• malnutrition
• healthy diets
• policy
• obesity
• undernutrition
• Mexico
• cash transfer programme

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FAO, Mexico

Books & works: The Work We Do

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