Frontiers Paper

Commentary: The policy sciences framework has great utility for those working on food and nutrition policy but few researchers or practitioners in those areas are familiar with it.  This paper serves as an introduction to the PSF presenting some of its core dimensions and principles in terms of themes and approaches more easily recognized in food/nutrition discourse, outlining the broad landscape for research and practice in the food/nutrition space (Figure 1) and providing several examples of its application.  Future papers in this section of the Policy Sciences Library will illustrate how portions of the PSF are already being used in food/nutrition and indicate how its more intentional and systematic application in the future could enhance research and practice.

History of Nutrition

 Commentary: This paper provides a brief overview of the evolution of nutrition sciences and policy and indicates how its origins as a reductionist science has posed challenges for addressing it through policy.