Recent editorials and commentaries in the anniversary volume of the Food and Nutrition Bulletin described the remarkable 40-year history and advances of the journal, its contributors, and its editors. In the first issue of volume 1, James Hester, Rector of the United Nations University, specified that the Bulletin should “ . . . serve an important function by communicating objectively on all aspects of global malnutrition problems and the broad programmes and new areas of activity needed for combating them . . . making available technical information and specialized knowledge related to world hunger data . . . .” The current statement of mission, aims, and scope adds “ . . . policy research and analysis examining multidisciplinary efforts to alleviate global hunger and malnutrition,” with a focus on the developing world. As documented by the Global Burden of Disease study, hunger and malnutrition remain persistent, vexing problems in much of the world today even as diet-related chronic disease and risk factors have emerged and grown to epidemic proportions globally. In this commentary, we begin by briefly examining chronic disease research published in the Bulletin since its inception. Next, we pose key issues for future research, drawing on the framework of the core functions of public health— assessment, assurance, and policy development. Most research to date focuses on assessment and much remains to be done to further strengthen methods for assessing nutrition and chronic disease in diverse populations and settings. Yet moving beyond assessment will be critical to translate such precious data, including existing data, into action—interventions to reduce not only the immense global burden of diet-related risk factors and chronic disease but also continued, persistent undernutrition, stunting, wasting, and micronutrient malnutrition.

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解决营养和慢性病：过去、现在和未来的研究方向

《食品与营养公报》周年纪念卷中最近的社论和评论描述了该杂志、其撰稿人和编辑的非凡 40 年历史和进步。在第 1 卷的第一期中，联合国大学校长詹姆斯·海斯特 (James Hester) 明确指出，公报应“ . . . 通过就全球营养不良问题的各个方面以及应对这些问题所需的广泛计划和新活动领域进行客观交流，发挥重要作用。. . 提供与世界饥饿数据相关的技术信息和专业知识。. . 。” 当前的使命、目标和范围声明添加了“. . . 政策研究和分析，审查旨在减轻全球饥饿和营养不良的多学科努力”，重点是发展中世界。正如全球疾病负担研究所记录的那样，尽管与饮食相关的慢性疾病和风险因素已经出现并在全球蔓延，但饥饿和营养不良在当今世界大部分地区仍然是持续存在的令人烦恼的问题。在本评论中，我们首先简要审查自《公报》创刊以来发表的慢性病研究。接下来，我们利用公共卫生的核心职能框架——评估、保证和政策制定，提出未来研究的关键问题。迄今为止，大多数研究都侧重于评估，但要进一步加强在不同人群和环境中评估营养和慢性病的方法，仍有许多工作要做。然而，超越评估对于翻译包括现有数据在内的这些宝贵数据至关重要，