Brugulat-Panés Anna, Guell Cornelia, Unwin Nigel, Martin-Pintado Clara, Iese Viliamu, Augustus Eden, Foley Louise
MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK.
European Centre for Environment & Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Penryn TR10 8RD, UK.
Nutrients. 2025 Jul 18;17(14):2353. doi: 10.3390/nu17142353.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and a key structural driver includes SIDS' heavy reliance on imported food. Yet, our knowledge about food sources in SIDS is limited.
We systematically searched 14 peer-reviewed databases and 17 grey literature repositories, identifying 56 articles and 96 documents concerning food sources in SIDS. Our study aimed to map these sources while considering broader societal, cultural, and environmental aspects.
We found high heterogeneity of food sources beyond store-bought foods, highlighting the complexity of food landscapes in this context. To explore these food sources and their interconnections, we developed a classification including food sources, and offered contextually-sensitive insights into their variety (types), extent (relevance), nature (characteristics) and changes over time. We developed an interactive open-access evidence map that outlined the identified interconnections between food sources following our proposed classification. There are numerous interrelations between food sources, showing that pathways from food sourcing to consumption can be unexpected and complex.
In 2014, SIDS governments collectively committed to ending malnutrition by 2030. A deeper understanding of food sourcing is essential to achieve this goal.
小岛屿发展中国家（SIDS）面临着高比例的非传染性疾病（NCDs），一个关键的结构性驱动因素是小岛屿发展中国家严重依赖进口食品。然而，我们对小岛屿发展中国家食物来源的了解有限。
我们系统地搜索了14个同行评审数据库和17个灰色文献库，识别出56篇文章和96份关于小岛屿发展中国家食物来源的文件。我们的研究旨在绘制这些来源，同时考虑更广泛的社会、文化和环境方面。
我们发现除了商店购买的食品外，食物来源具有高度异质性，突出了这种背景下食物格局的复杂性。为了探索这些食物来源及其相互联系，我们开发了一个分类，包括食物来源，并对其种类（类型）、范围（相关性）、性质（特征）和随时间的变化提供了因地制宜的见解。我们开发了一个交互式开放获取证据地图，概述了根据我们提出的分类所确定的食物来源之间的相互联系。食物来源之间存在许多相互关系，表明从食物采购到消费的途径可能是意想不到的和复杂的。
2014年，小岛屿发展中国家政府共同承诺到2030年消除营养不良。对食物采购有更深入的了解对于实现这一目标至关重要。
