This paper reviews and compares four leading healthy diet metrics: GDQS, GDR score, MDD-W, and Nova UPF score, for their accuracy, ease of use, and global applicability in monitoring dietary quality. The findings highlight that the Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MDD-W) offers the strongest predictive accuracy for nutrient adequacy using a simple, scalable method, while also emphasizing the need for further research on metrics assessing moderation and cross-country comparability.

Sustainable healthy diets in South Asia require a deeper understanding of food choice drivers at household, adolescent, and market levels. Addressing knowledge gaps through interdisciplinary research, improved measurement tools, and collaborative efforts is vital for guiding policy and program interventions. As food systems rapidly transform and ultraprocessed foods proliferate, targeted research and evidence-based strategies are essential to promote healthy, equitable, and sustainable diets for all populations in the region.
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This study examines Australian teachers' experiences with preventive health programs, revealing that past initiatives were seen as unsustainable and ineffective. Teachers emphasized the need for co-designed, relevant interventions focusing on mental wellbeing, social connections, and practical activities but faced barriers like heavy workloads and unsupportive school cultures.
Food insecurity increases women's vulnerability to intimate partner violence in transactional sex relationships.

The SAHARAPONICS project introduced a low-cost, water-efficient aquaponic system in Sahrawi refugee camps to improve food security and nutrition in arid conditions. Using locally sourced materials and solar power, the system produces fish and crops while reducing water use by up to 90%. Despite increasing daily workload, community feedback highlights benefits in food access, economic opportunities, and empowerment, demonstrating the project's potential for sustainable development in water-scarce, vulnerable communities. This project supports multiple UN SDGs, including clean water and sanitation (Goal 6), zero hunger (Goal 2), good health and well-being (Goal 3), poverty reduction (Goal 1), sustainable cities (Goal 11), and responsible consumption (Goal 12).

The article demonstrates that while healthier diets often align with reduced environmental impacts in several domains, significant trade-offs exist, particularly regarding water use and cost. Diet quality indexes that emphasize plant-based foods offer the most consistent sustainability benefits. However, no diet pattern is without drawbacks, underscoring the importance of nuanced, multidimensional assessments and the integration of nutrition and sustainability data to inform effective policy and clear public guidance.

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