New Dietary Patterns Across The World And Its Consequences On Growth And Development

Assessment of dietary patterns compared to the assessment of a single nutrient of food to link to health outcomes has become increasingly popular. This not only gives a better image of the complexity and totality of a human’s food intake, compared to just the intake of a single nutrient, but also shows a clearer link when it comes to certain health indicators.

In this lecture, Wejdan Alabdulkreem gives an overview of dietary patterns, and its environmental, cultural, social, and nutritional aspects, and how evaluating this encourages more high-quality diets, the impact of technology in these changing times, and how this affects children’s growth and development.