By 2030, one in six people worldwide will be aged 60 years or over, increasing from 1 billion in 2020 to 1.4 billion. By 2050, this number is expected to double to 2.1 billion, with the number of people aged 80 and older tripling to 426 million. 🌍 Living older and healthier is a privilege to which all human beings should have access; nevertheless, it’s out of reach to the vast majority. How can we identify gaps, barriers, and opportunities for maintaining the health and well-being of the ageing population? 🔍 We launched our Healthy Ageing Think & Do Tank to focus on prevention through food, aligned with our first mission: Healthier Lives through Food. 🌱 The Healthy Ageing Think & Do Tank brings together strategic and delivery partners from across Europe to foster effective collaboration, knowledge sharing, and impactful initiatives that accelerate #FoodSystem transformation to promote #HealthyAgeing. It’s a catalyst for meaningful dialogue and action towards improving key areas such as malnutrition, gut microbiome, personalised nutrition, immunity enhancement, women’s health, and mental health. 🌟 “We want to contribute to creating opportunities to live long and healthy and extending wellbeing for all ages, regardless of date of birth," says Begoña Pérez Villarreal, Director EIT Food South Region. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d5ahHvw9 #ImprovingFoodTogether #FutureOfFood #HealthyDiets #SustainableFood
Working Towards a More Resilient Food System For All
How can organizations adapt to an aging workforce and support the diverse needs of employees in different stages of their careers? https://lnkd.in/giEUUqM6
Very interesting to see how personalised diets will affect us over time, cool work!
Excited to see what the "Healthy Ageing Think & Do Tank" will accomplish in the years ahead. Thank you, EIT Food, Begoña Pérez Villarreal, Lorena Savani for this highly impactful initiative. Annemarie Oosting; Ramon Mensink; Paula Maria Leandro Garcia; Nils Sips; Piet Bogaert;
Love this! Well done Petra Wagner, Sara De Pelsmaeker and Ramon Mensink - you are shaping the industry in an impactful way! So proud of our partners 💫🤝
Food Scientist (PI) | R&D Lead | Certified Project manager
2moThis once more emphasizes the need of personnalized nutrition and functional food development