Annales Nestlé

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed human activities across the world in efforts to minimize risks relating to the disease, especially when it came to social distancing and practices related to disinfection. This may have affected human immune system and the environmental microbiota interactions, thus affecting how allergies develop. In this issue, we review the impacts of the COVID-19 infections on those with allergies, how pandemic measures might have changed the exposome and its effects on the immune system

Since the issues on climate change and how it affects the food people eat was brought up in 2019, attitudes when it comes to diet have evolved. This includes the shift to plant-based diets which is thought to nurture the human body more than modern diets, while also being better for planetary health. With this, more individuals have implored a vegetarian or vegan diets. However, there are also numerous things to be considered, such as how it affects children’s diets, how can novel plant-based foods be safely introduced, and the special care needed to avoid deficiencies. With this, certain

The world has gone through immense and rapid changes, and this has affected how we nourish and care for our children. While nutrition has improved overall, new challenges continue to arise, like the hike in childhood obesity, overlapping nutrition problems, and climate change that threatens food security. These issues, and possible interventions, such as support for breastfeeding and a collaborative approach in different sectors are discussed more thoroughly in this edition of Annales.