Modern aspects of nutritional ecology
Abstract
Nutrition ecology is an interdisciplinary scientific field that encompasses issues such as overall food quality, food prices, ecological balances, the impact of food systems on the climate, as well as agricultural, environmental, and consumer policy. Nutrition ecology includes all aspects of the food chain: production, storage, transportation, processing, trade, consumption of food products, and the disposal of food waste. In nutrition ecology, four key dimensions are distinguished: health, environment, society, and economy. The rise of industrial agriculture and large-scale livestock production has led to certain negative impacts on human health and the environment. The quality of food is largely determined by the quality of the environment. In turn, the environment is influenced by regional and national dietary patterns.
About the Authors
V. V. Shylau
International State Ecological Institute named after A.D. Sakharov of the Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Shilov Valery Vikentyevich, Ph.D. (Biological), Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Medicine and Radiobiology
23/1, Dolgobrodskaya Street, Minsk, 220070
A. N. Batyan
International State Ecological Institute named after A.D. Sakharov of the Belarusian State University
Belarus
Belarus
Batyan Anatoly Nikolaevich, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Environmental Medicine and Radiobiology
23/1, Dolgobrodskaya str., Minsk, 220070
А. А. Zhurnia
RUE “Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Food”
Belarus
Belarus
Zhurnia Hanna Alexandrovna, Ph.D. (Technical), Leading Research Scientist of the Sector for Comprehensive Scientific Research on Nutrition at the Republican Control and Testing Complex for Food Product Quality and Safety
29, Kozlova str., 220037, Minsk
T. V. Akulava
RUE “Scientific and Practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Food”
Belarus
Belarus
Akulava Tatsiana Vitalievna, Research Scientist of the Sector for Comprehensive Scientific Research on Nutrition at the Republican Control and Testing Complex for Food Product Quality and Safety
29, Kozlova str., 220037, Minsk
V. G. Tsygankou
Research Institute of Hygiene, Toxicology, Epidemiology, Virology, and Microbiology
Belarus
Belarus
Tsygankov Vasily Georgievich, Ph.D. (Medical), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher at the Laboratory of Complex Issues in Food Hygiene
8, Akademicheskaya str., Minsk, 220012
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Shylau V.V., Batyan A.N., Zhurnia А.А., Akulava T.V., Tsygankou V.G. Modern aspects of nutritional ecology. Food Industry: Science and Technology. 2025;18(3):95-102. (In Russ.)
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