The state government of Victoria, Australia, recently prepared a discussion paper towards a regional food and nutrition policy. This evaluation finds it deficient in various ways. The critique contains recommendations for the building of a national food policy. The commission report displays a lack of a systems view of the problem of nutrition, which would recognize a diversity of influences on eating (e.g. social frameworks and frameworks by which we think and know). Linear causality is not an adequate concept. Agribusiness impacts heavily on the environment. In the case of meat production, inputs to production far exceed food energy outputs. Disposal of the by-products of meat production is also more problematic. The way to impact on these wasteful and destructive industrial practices is to consume less meat. Additives in food are a serious problem not well enough addressed. This and other processing increase the cultural perception of foodstuffs as human artifacts. Awareness of the cultural role of foods would allow Australians to cope with industry campaigns promoting meat and processed foodstuffs. There should be more attention to mutual impacts of environment, consumptiuon, and additives and processing. Food from low in the food chain (cereals, seafood) should be promoted not as substitutes but as foods in their own right. Commission recommendations should deal with questions such as nutritional information labeling of foods, and especially an attempt to foster consciousness of the environmental impact of food consumption: Government policy should be mindful to the extent possible of the impact on poor areas of the world of wasteful food consumption in Australia. Proposals for action should benefit from the impact of several fields of expertise beyond health, agriculture, consumer affairs and others; for instance, anthropology or environmental science.

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澳大利亚的食品和营养政策

澳大利亚维多利亚州政府最近准备了一份关于区域食品和营养政策的讨论文件。该评估发现它在各种方面存在缺陷。该评论包含对制定国家食品政策的建议。该委员会的报告显示缺乏对营养问题的系统观点，该观点将认识到对饮食的影响的多样性（例如社会框架和我们思考和了解的框架）。线性因果关系不是一个适当的概念。农业综合企业对环境的影响很大。就肉类生产而言，生产投入远远超过食品能源产出。肉类生产副产品的处理也更成问题。影响这些浪费和破坏性的工业实践的方法是减少肉类消费。食品中的添加剂是一个尚未得到充分解决的严重问题。这种加工和其他加工增加了人们对食品作为人工制品的文化认知。意识到食物的文化作用将使澳大利亚人能够应对促进肉类和加工食品的行业运动。应该更加关注环境、消耗、添加剂和加工的相互影响。来自食物链低端的食物（谷物、海鲜）不应作为替代品而应作为食物本身进行推广。委员会的建议应处理诸如食品营养信息标签之类的问题，尤其是试图培养对食品消费对环境影响的意识：政府政策应尽可能注意澳大利亚浪费食物消费对世界贫困地区的影响。行动建议应受益于健康、农业、消费者事务等多个专业领域的影响；例如，人类学或环境科学。