The Food and Agriculture Organization recently released a report titled “Contribution of terrestrial animal source food to healthy diets for improved nutrition and health outcomes.”
Trends in nutrition indicators show that the world is currently not on track to attain several of the 2025 World Health Assembly.
Terrestrial animal source food (TASF), within healthy dietary patterns, can make vital contributions to efforts to meet the global nutrition targets for 2025.
TASF is a rich source of macro-nutrients like protein, fats, carbohydrates and Micro-nutrients.
Consumption of TASF can address deficiencies in iron and vitamin A.
Globally, 21 percent of total caloric supply is comprised of TASF.
The figure is higher in Europe (37 percent) and the Americas (30 percent), but in Africa it is only 11 percent.