REFRESH is a practical, reliable tool for assessing dietary patterns that benefit both human health and the environment. Its simplicity and strong validity make it suitable for clinical, epidemiological, and self-assessment purposes, enabling broader promotion and adoption of sustainable healthy diets. By bridging the gap between health and sustainability in diet evaluation, REFRESH supports health professionals and the public in making informed dietary choices, contributing to improved health outcomes and reduced environmental impacts.
By minimizing food waste and optimizing production through predictive analytics and real-time monitoring, as well as by enhancing product quality and safety to improve food security and access to nutritious food the proposed framework reaches optimum organic food production. The alignment of production with demand forecasts also helps reduce waste and ensure the availability of the right products.
Multiple-season farming is linked to greater crop diversity, higher food consumption, and improved food security—especially for better-off and male-headed households—though it shows no significant effect on child nutrition. This approach also suggests potential benefits for household resilience, highlighting the need to support poorer and female-headed households in accessing resources for multiple-season cultivation.
Established by the United Nations Development Programme in 1989—and inspired by the global milestone of Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, World Population Day highlights critical issues relating to population and sustainable development. To raise awareness for this important topic, Elsevier presents a curated list of publicly available journal articles and book chapters to help advance #SDG3 and #SDG5 research.
This chapter aligns with SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) by addressing the potential health risks associated with nanoparticle exposure and advocating for precautionary measures to protect human health. It also supports SDG 15 (Life on Land) by exploring the ecological impacts of nanomaterials and highlighting their role in environmental remediation to preserve ecosystem integrity.
The authors present a holistic research agenda for sustainable computing that aims to reduce the carbon emissions associated with the manufacture and operation of future computer systems, a pressing objective given computings rapid growth in emerging applications such as artificial intelligence. The agenda integrates ideas in software design, hardware architecture, renewable energy infrastructure, power and carbon accounting, and economic policy.
Hydrogel formulations hold promise for efficient drug delivery in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treatment. Non-invasive in vivo spatiotemporal profiling of drug release is highly warranted but clinically difficult due to the need of additional labeling. We have developed an inflammation-targeting olsalazine-conjugated peptide hydrogel (Olsa-Hydrogel) that serves as an exchange saturation transfer magnetic resonance imaging (CEST MRI) activatable prodrug system.
This chapter supports UN SDGs 7, 11, and 12 by highlighting the integration of renewable energy sources, smart grids, and energy-efficient technologies in smart cities to promote sustainability and reduce environmental impact; addressing challenges of urbanization and promoting inclusive, resilient, and adaptive urban development; and discussing waste management practices, such as recycling and waste-to-energy initiatives, that contribute to a more circular economy and sustainable resource management in cities.
This content aligns with Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being by pursuing a respectful and reciprocal relationship between Indigenous and Western scientific ways of knowing about human brains and minds.
