Project 460703

Good nutrition is critical to health and economic development. Nutrition is influenced by and impacts the social determinants of health (SDOH). The United Nations Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025) commitment has built momentum to foster timely collaborations among relevant stakeholders, including governments, health system and community organizations, and academia. The Nutrition Decade promotes effective actions aiming to eradicate hunger and all forms of malnutrition, while recognizing and mitigating potential negative environmental impacts of food and health systems. To support research on national and international spread and scale in line with the Nutrition Decade, a collaboration between the Office of Spread and Scale at Women's College Hospital, and the UK Need for Nutrition Education/Innovation Programme (NNEdPro) Global Centre for Nutrition and Health has been formed. This collaboration will support research on implementation science, spread, and scale at the intersection of food, health, education, and environment, in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of zero hunger, good health and wellbeing, reducing inequities, and responsible consumption and production. Following a standardized process, this work will: 1)Identify a 'Top 10' list of high-priority, feasible, and equity-informed research questions that align with the 4 identified SDGs, focusing on spread and scale at the intersection of food, health, education, and environment in Canada. 2)Seek input from international experts about the barriers, facilitators, and opportunities for collaboration related to the research questions. 3)Develop a collaborative grant application for CIHR IPPH based on the Top 10 list, informed by national and international consultations. Overall, the aim is to identify research questions and develop a plan to submit a collaborative IPPH application on spread and scale at the intersection of food, health, education, and environment.