Small Island Developing States: addressing the intersecting challenges of non-communicable diseases, food insecurity, and climate change
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) include 37 UN member countries sharing economic, environmental, and social vulnerabilities and intractable health challenges. In over 80% of SIDS, more than one in six adults die prematurely from a non-communicable disease (NCD), with poor diet being a major factor. Complex upstream food system determinants include marginalised local food production and reliance on low nutritional quality food imports. These drivers need to be seen against colonial and post-colonial political–economic legacies as well as the environmental and climate crises that challenge local production systems.