Toward a roadmap for addressing today's health dilemma–The 101-statement consensus report
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Toward a roadmap for addressing today's health dilemma–The 101-statement consensus report
Author
Katharina C. Wirnitzer
Mohamad Motevalli
Derrick R. Tanous
Clemens Drenowatz
Maximilian Moser
Holger Cramer
Thomas Rosemann
Karl-Heinz Wagner
Andreas Michalsen
Beat Knechtle
Zlatko Fras
Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga
Adilson Marques
Nataša Fidler Mis
Fatima C. Stanford
Christian Schubert
Nandu Goswami
Claus Leitzmann
Per Morten Fredriksen
Gerhard Ruedl
Rodrigo A. Lima
Christian Kessler
Michael Jeitler
Naim A. Khan
Hassan Joulaei
Maryam Fatemi
Andrew Knight
Karl W. Kratky
Kara K. Palmer
Bernd Haditsch
Bostjan Jakse
Walter Kofler
Tomas Pfeiffer
Kathya Cordova-Pozo
Patrizia Tortella
Simon Straub
Heidi Lynch
Manuel Schätzer
Anupama Krishnan
Shahnaz Fathima A.
Lukas Gatterer
Fabian Kriwan
Mittal Abhishek
Hemant Nandgaonkar
Shalaka Nandgaonkar
Abiola O. Adedara
Josep M. Haro
Corina Gericke
Gaby Neumann
Aysha Akhtar
Amir Rashidlamir
Madan Thangavelu
Gonza B. Ngoumou
Éva Perpék
Michael Klaper
Bhaswati Bhattacharya
Werner Kirschner
Kathelijne M. H. H. Bessems
Peter Jones
Gregory Peoples
Raul Bescos
Christina Duftner
Georg Seifert
Abstract (eng)
Importance:
In recent decades there has been an expansion in the quantity and quality of scientific findings and guidelines on different health topics to promote individual and public health status. Reports also indicate that there has been a simultaneous increase in the financial burden of disease, including trillions spent on healthcare resources by governments worldwide (predominantly in developing countries) to address health concerns. At the same time, personal health behavior is well-known as efficient and cost-free, holding four times the potential to prevent early death compared to health care. Despite this knowledge, data show that the increasing prevalence of unhealthy lifestyles and the associated chronic diseases, especially in Western societies, still need to be controlled. This circumstance exemplifies today‘s global health dilemma, which alarms the inadequacy of ongoing efforts to address the existing health concerns worldwide.
Setting, insights, and observations:
Three international, multidisciplinary, and inter-university events (two scientific conferences and one tertiary education symposium) were held in Austria (Innsbruck) between 2020 and 2022 to discourse, discuss, and debate these concerns. Two hundred eighty-four experts from 76 universities, organizations, and stakeholders spanning 31 nations and five continents participated in this international research and knowledge exchange to address today's global health dilemma. The latest scientific findings were discussed to develop practical strategies for improving lifestyle behavior and focus on the dual “Healthy Eating & Active Living” approach as a minimum recommendation for sustainable lifelong health and care. The expert panel debated crucial research priorities and future policies, identified gaps and untapped potential in basic health approaches that have been grossly neglected, and approved the evidence-based 101 consensus statements presented.
Conclusions and relevance:
These endeavors aim to develop novel and effective interventions that address the needs of individuals and communities and promote optimal health status.
Keywords (eng)
PreventionPublic HealthChronic DiseasesVeganPlant-basedPhysical ActivityBehaviorAnimal Experiment
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Frontiers in Nutrition
Volume
12
ISSN
2296-861X
Issued
2025
Number of pages
34
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Frontiers Media SA
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2025
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© 2025 Wirnitzer, Motevalli, Tanous, Drenowatz, Moser, Cramer, Rosemann, Wagner, Michalsen, Knechtle, Fras, Ritskes-Hoitinga, Marques, Mis, Stanford, Schubert, Goswami, Leitzmann, Fredriksen, Ruedl, Wilflingseder, Lima, Kessler, Jeitler, Khan, Joulaei, Fatemi, Knight, Kratky, Palmer, Haditsch, Jakse, Kofler, Pfeiffer, Cordova-Pozo, Tortella, Straub, Lynch, Schätzer, Krishnan, Fathima A., Gatterer, Kriwan, Abhishek, Nandgaonkar, Nandgaonkar, Adedara, Haro, Gericke, Neumann, Akhtar, Rashidlamir, Thangavelu, Ngoumou, Perpék, Klaper, Bhattacharya, Kirschner, Bessems, Jones, Peoples, Bescos, Duftner and Seifert
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