SMART2D (2015-2020): The development of new interventions for addressing T2DM prevention and management for target populations in selected low-, middle- and high-income countries.
The Changemaker Project (2024-2027): Aims to implement and evaluate a sustainable health intervention on health, nutrition, and environmental outcomes for primary prevention of adolescent obesity and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Youth Food Power: Co-designing a healthy food environment (2026-2028): Aims to increase youth agency by promoting their ability to understand and influence the local food environments.
ARISE-NUTRINT (2023-2026): Nutrition-related Non-communicable Diseases in Adolescence and Youth: Interventions and Policies to Boost Nutrition Fluency and Diet Quality in Africa.
DASH (2023-2028): Research network for design and evaluation of adolescent health interventions and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa.
GlobeLife: GlobeLife is a collaborative network between Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet, established to strengthen research and education in global health within and between the two universities.
PUREFOOD (2010-2014): PUREFOOD trained early-stage researchers in the socio-economic and spatial dynamics of (peri-)urban and regional foodscapes, focusing on sustainable food supply chains, public sector food procurement, and (peri-) urban food strategies.
Dietary patterns and practices in rural eastern Uganda: Implications for prevention and management of type 2 diabetes.
PREVENT (2022-2026): Aims to co-design, implement and test a tele-health coaching intervention with community outreach for the reduction of cardio-metabolic risk among high-risk population in Region Uppsala.
SHIFT Framework and Compendium of Good Practices (2020-2022): Shifting to equitable health and nutrition through food environment transformations.
SMART2D (2015-2020): The development of new interventions for addressing T2DM prevention and management for target populations in selected low-, middle- and high-income countries.
CONNECTION (2024-2027): Aims to design, implement and evaluate co-created social and physical environmental community interventions that promote healthier diets and physical activity, targeting children and adolescents in disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances, with the ultimate goal of increasing health equity.
SESAM: Demonstrated how students’ scientific and digital insight can help tackle sustainability challenges.
VERNE Project (2024-2027): Addresses tourism’s ecological footprint by accelerating the transition to sustainable, circular tourism models across Europe.
FoodSAMSA (2021-2024): The project aimed to address malnutrition in all its forms, including undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, unhealthy diets and obesity, by assessing its determinants and by exploring interventions at the macro (policy), the meso (community) and the micro (interpersonal) level.
SMART2D (2015-2020): The development of new interventions for addressing T2DM prevention and management for target populations in selected low-, middle- and high- income countries.
NMNAP II: The second National Multisectoral Nutrition Action Plan (NMNAP II) has been developed to guide implementation of nutrition activities for the period of five years i.e. 2021/22 – 2025/26. NMNAP II is an evidence-based five-year strategic action plan that seeks to address malnutrition in all its forms and for all ages and including people with special needs in Tanzania Mainland.
National Guidelines (2018)
ARISE-NUTRINT (2023-2026): Nutrition-related Non-communicable Diseases in Adolescence and Youth: Interventions and Policies to Boost Nutrition Fluency and Diet Quality in Africa.
Effectiveness and Feasibility of BEP Targeting Strategies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2022-2026): The study will address critical implementation questions regarding how to effectively target and deliver balanced energy protein supplements (BEP) to malnourished pregnant women.
CARRDIP (2021- Present): A follow-up study of a randomized trial examining the effects of a Mediterranean diet among healthy pregnant women conducted 20 years ago.
OrgDiet (2022- Present): An ongoing randomized trial testing the health effects among women and their offspring of consuming an organic diet during pregnancy.
The HumMilk Study (2025- Present): Aims to analyse breastmilk nutrient and contaminant levels before and during storage in Norwegian milk banks, identifying factors affecting composition to improve quality monitoring and safeguard vulnerable infants.
MINIMat trial (follow-up) (2015-2016): Prenatal nutrition and health of children and grandchildren – examining whether improved pregnancy nutrition can reduce the trans-generational effects of the 1974 Bangladesh famine.
The Eat-Addis Study (2017-2021): The aim of this study was to understand the quality of diet being consumed among families in Addis Ababa, and to what extent social stratification and perceptions of availability and affordability affect healthy food consumption.
AfriFOODlinks (2022-2026): Transforming Africa’s Urban Food Environments Through Strengthening Linkages between Food Systems Stakeholders in Cities Across Europe and the Continent.
Generation-H (2024-2028): Multi-component interventions to reducing unhealthy diets and physical inactivity among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa.
ARBISENSE AB: Swedish SME offering technology to evaluate human behaviour.
BETTER4U: Preventing obesity through Biologically and behaviourally tailored interventions for you (2023-2027): Studies how genetics, lifestyle, environment and other factors may influence weight gain.
The FOODSHIFT Pathways (2022-2025): Provides educational communities with tools and ideas to educate the younger generation and guide them towards a sustainable future, focused on fighting the food crisis.
PREVENT (2022-2026): aims to co-design, implement and test a tele-health coaching intervention with community outreach for the reduction of cardio-metabolic risk among high-risk population in Region Uppsala.
Application of YOLO (You Only Look Once)-based object detection for food identification and portion estimation, with a focus on its alignment with the Swedish plate model recommended by the National Food Agency.
ARBISENSE AB: Swedish SME offering technology to evaluate human behaviour.
BigO – Big Data Against Childhood Obesity (2016-2021): Collected and analysed anonymous data on children’s behavioural patterns and their living environment to identify factors influencing childhood obesity in Europe.
PREVENT (2023-2027): Improving and upscaling primary prevention of cancer by addressing childhood obesity through implementation research – the PREVENT approach.
Family Food Experience Study (2020-2024): Examines how local authorities can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of interventions to address inequality in childhood obesity.
Nourished Child Study (Feb 2020-March 2020): Defined and communicated a systems approach to improving the quality of diets among children under 5 and women of childbearing age in urban settings to address the double burden of malnutrition in Cape Town, South Africa.
PEAFI – Political Economy Analysis of Food Industry (2023-Present): Unpacking the influence of the food industry on adolescent consumption of ultra- processed foods in Sub-Saharan Africa.
SAFOODS (2021–Present) Strengthening African Food Systems in the face of climate change and food insecurity.
Afrogrow (2025-2028): Informed Decision-Making for Agroforestry Systems in Africa through a Network of Living Labs.
Restore4More (2023-2027): Scaling rangeland restoration in drylands through synergies in the biodiversity-water-climate nexus.
Devising practical strategies and decision support tools (e.g. https://ippm.shinyapps.io/server/) to enhance the compatibility of IPM (concerning weeds, insects, and disease) and pollination and biocontrol ecosystem services to crops.
AfriFoodLinks (2022-2026): Transforming urban food environments by strengthening inter-city linkages in Africa and Europe.
Food Systems Countdown Initiative (2021-2030): tracks and assesses global food system performance annually toward the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Urban Food Futures (2023-2027): A transdisciplinary action-research programme in Nairobi and Cape Town focusing on informal settlements and low-income urban neighbourhoods.
Reformaten: A non-partisan and non-religious association with the goal of speeding up a research-based transformation of the food system – for the health of people and the planet
Mission Food Environment: Aims to transform Sweden’s public food environments by 2033.
Neighborhood Kitchen: Developed a scalable model for public kitchens as community hubs supporting sustainable, healthy and resilient food systems.
SHARED GREEN DEAL: Provides Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) tools to aid implementation of 8 EU Green Deal policy areas locally and regionally.
Hungry Cities Partnership
(2018-2019, 2023-Present): An international network focusing on the links between rapid urbanization, urban food systems, and migration in the Global South, aiming to promote sustainable cities and food security through research, training, and advocacy.
The GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) (2019-2021): It was an international consortium of nine research partners aiming to strengthen capacity to address urban, health and education challenges in neighbourhoods across fast-growing cities in Africa and Asia.
South Africa Urban Food and Farming Trust: Works through food and farming to strengthen South Africa’s urban communities and the ecosystems that sustain them.
Agrihub Initiative (2022- Present): Addresses the challenges of marginalised urban communities by introducing key enabling infrastructure, training programs, extension services, agricultural inputs and market access to increase the resilience of existing informal urban micro-farms and food gardens.
Oranjezicht City Farm (2012- Present): OZCF offers diverse educational programs and innovative urban farming initiatives in South Africa, including volunteer schemes, composting, food forestry, and community events.
Förnyelselabbet: a national platform for systemic design , learning and societal transformation.
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The Food Environment Actions for the Promotion of Health Cluster of Research Excellence (FE4H CoRE) is a collaborative initiative dedicated to addressing the critical role of food environments in shaping health outcomes for both individuals and the planet.
We recognize the systemic drivers behind the triple burden of malnutrition and work to advance the study, policy, and governance of food environments through innovative, cross-disciplinary approaches.
Our Vision
By fostering equitable collaboration, we aim to train the next generation of interdisciplinary scholars, promote collaborative learning across contexts, and establish a dynamic hub for research, education, and policy development.
Our vision is to advance the science, practice, policy and governance, to address food environment challenges as it pertains to human and planetary health through specific focus areas addressing both external and personal domains of food environments.
Our Mission
We strive to:
- Advance theoretical and methodological innovations, fostering reciprocal learning among researchers and practitioners.
- Build an integrated understanding of food environments and their drivers to design multifaceted interventions that promote health.
- Facilitate community and citizen engagement across African and European regions, creating meaningful, context-sensitive solutions.