Global Trend towards Healthy Diets as a Mechanism to Promote Sustainable Food Security

Abstract

This study aims to analyse the global trend towards healthy diets as a mechanism to promote sustainable food security, by reviewing the characteristics and importance of these patterns, assessing the cost of their supply chains, and identifying the requirements needed to achieve them. The study concluded that healthy dietary patterns are characterized by diversity, moderation and cultural resilience, and contribute to improving public health and supporting sustainable development, and that the shift towards these patterns requires a coordinated intervention that combines integrated public policies, reform of support systems, and investment in Infrastructure, supply chains, and community outreach within a rational institutional framework. The study recommended the adoption of integrated national strategies, redirecting support in favour of fresh food, investing in cold chains, enhancing food education, establishing governance structures for cross-sectoral coordination, and integrating climate adaptation into food systems.