Nutrition Security for Planetary Health

by Irana Hawkins

Overview

Using the lens of nutrition security and equity for the living beings and living systems of the planet, Nutrition Security for Planetary Health takes an integrated, systems approach that not only delineates the antecedents of the multifaceted environmental crises—but offers solutions including the extensive co-benefits of whole plant foods nutrition as the foundational dietary pattern for improving planetary health.  Overlooked yet inseparable problems that connect food systems to the transgression of our planetary boundaries, chronic disease, and zoonotic disease are discerned.  Bolstering nature and biodiversity is emphasized throughout including regenerative agroecology, native plant foods and ecosystems, utilizing traditional and Indigenous wisdom, rewilding, and community science.  Lastly, inspiring vignettes demonstrate the power of individual and collective actions that advance planetary health.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367721206
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	07/10/2025
Pages:	187
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Irana Hawkins, PhD, MPH, RDN is a planetary health specialist and a scholar-practitioner.  Her contributions have spanned clinical nutrition and public health, serving people from all walks of life; higher education including teaching and mentoring at the doctoral level; and planetary health research.  Dr. Hawkins is a Certified California Naturalist, a Native Plant Steward, and a Master Recycler-Composter.  She has first-authored dozens of publications and edited Promoting Biodiversity in Food Systems (CRC Press, 2019).  Dr. Hawkins is also a Review Editor for Frontiers in Nutrition (Nutrition and Sustainable Diets) and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 

Table of Contents

Section One:  An Epic Array of Interconnected Crises

 

Chapter 1

Far Beyond The Carbon Emissions Of Your Plate                                                                         

 

Chapter 2                                                                                                                                                          

A Planet With Too Many In Peril                                                                                                   

 

Chapter 3

The Massive Consumption of Natural Resources

 

Chapter 4                                                                                                                                                          

Global Food Systems and Environmental Degradation                                                              

 

Chapter 5                                                                                                                                                          

The Global Burden of Diet-Related Chronic Disease                                                                   

 

Chapter 6

Structural Violence, Environmental Racism & The Social Determinants of Health                              

 

Chapter 7

Nutrition-Related Chronic Disease in the U.S.                                                                             

 

Section Two:  Multifaceted Solutions Harnessing Nutrition, Nature & Equity

                                          

Chapter 8                                                                                                                                                          

One Health For All                                                     

 

Chapter 9

Whole Plant Foods Nutrition for Personal & Planetary Resilience                                                         

             

Chapter 10                                                                                                                                          

Community Approaches to Nutrition Security and Equity                                                         

 

Chapter 11

Bolstering Nature for Planetary Health  

 

Chapter 12                                                                                                                           

Empowered to Improve Planetary Health