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Table 2 The 35 drivers shared between only two of the five food-related population health issues

From: Food, health, and complexity: towards a conceptual understanding to guide collaborative public health action

 

Infectious foodborne illness

Dietary contamination

Food allergy

Food insecurity

Obesity

Population demographics [75, 76]

Diet [7780]

Gut microbiota [7779, 8197]

Food prices and affordability [98, 117, 123128]

Genetics [78, 79, 82, 84, 86, 90, 94, 97104]

Food environments [76, 100, 102, 104, 119, 126128]

Epigenetics [81, 86, 89, 97, 105109]

Social norms [113, 116, 126, 129133]

Western-style diet [83, 84, 8992, 94, 98, 110116]

Types of foods available within schools and daycares [76, 100, 125127, 133135]

Age [76, 84, 93, 97, 100, 108, 109, 117, 118]

Health status [79, 117, 124, 125, 131, 135137]

Caesarean birth [79, 81, 90, 94, 95]

Sex and gender [76, 79, 84, 100, 109, 117, 127, 128]

Use of antibiotics [79, 84, 90, 94, 95]

Ethnicity [76, 109, 118, 128]

Early life feeding [76, 79, 81, 86, 9395, 97, 98, 100, 102, 107, 108, 116, 117, 119121]

Culture [101, 117, 128130, 132, 133, 138, 139]

Maternal-fetal interaction [81, 89, 95, 98, 104106, 122]

Globalization and increasing global trade [113, 129, 130]

The economic environment [113, 123, 124, 129, 132, 133]

Food marketing and advertising [86, 98, 101, 112, 124128, 130]

Inter-personal influences and supports [76, 100, 101, 109, 117, 125, 126, 130, 131, 133, 135, 138, 139]

Food skills and knowledge [76, 86, 93, 101, 116, 117, 123, 125127, 130, 138]

Household/family structure and dynamics [76, 98, 100, 101, 116, 117, 119, 121, 125, 126, 129, 130, 133, 135, 137140]

Built environment [86, 98, 113, 123, 127, 132, 133, 135, 138, 139]

Community dynamics and well-being [76, 100, 123, 133, 137]

Time and resources needed to eat ‘healthy’ [101, 117, 123, 125, 141144]

Infectious foodborne illness

-

Global warming [75, 145147]

Changes in exposure to infectious diseases [75, 94, 96]

(none)

Precipitation [75, 145148]

Spatial co-existence of people with fauna [145, 147, 149]

Agricultural intensification [145, 147]

Dietary contaminants

-

-

(none)

Traditional foods and diet [123, 138, 147]

The food supply [124, 128, 130, 133, 147]

Food allergy

-

-

-

(none)