Food insecurity as an invisible frontier of health: a dialectical analysis in the context of the 2030 Agenda
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Programa Pós-Graduação Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brazil
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Faculdade de Direito de Vitória, Vitória, Brazil
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Escola de Saúde Pública, Instituto Capixaba de Ensino, Pesquisa e Inovação em Saúde, Vitória, Brazil
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Curso de Medicina, Escola Superior de Ciências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória, Vitória, Brazil
Popul. Med. 2026;8(Supplement Supplement 1):A1342
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2030 Agenda establishes a global commitment to eradicating hunger (SDG 2) and promoting health and well-being (SDG 3). However, the persistence and expansion of food insecurity reveal structural contradictions between international human rights frameworks and the social, economic, and environmental dynamics that organize contemporary food systems. This study proposes to analyze food insecurity as an invisible frontier of health, which crosses territories, populations, and public policies, challenging the principle of health without borders.
METHODS:
This is a theoretical discussion based on the dialectical method, grounded in a critical analysis of international documents on nutrition, public health, and human rights. The dialectical approach allows us to identify contradictions, mediations, and syntheses between the formal recognition of the human right to adequate food and health and the material conditions that limit its realization, considering the local, national, and global scales.
RESULTS:
It was evident that food insecurity does not stem from food shortages, but from structural processes such as socioeconomic inequality, austerity policies, job insecurity, and environmental crisis. These dynamics directly impact SDG 3 indicators, such as an increase in chronic diseases, nutritional disorders, and health vulnerability. Thus, there is a disconnect between the integrated goals of the 2030 Agenda and political practices that weaken social protection and the sustainability of food systems.
CONCLUSIONS:
It is concluded that the development of comprehensive public policies is essential to guarantee the human right to adequate food and achieve the goals set out in SDGs 2 and 3 of the 2030 Agenda. Thinking about health without borders requires addressing the structural contradictions that produce hunger and disease, reaffirming the centrality of human rights, equity, and sustainability in the formulation of intersectoral and global public policies.
Through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), 2030 Agenda establishes a global commitment to eradicating hunger (SDG 2) and promoting health and well-being (SDG 3). However, the persistence and expansion of food insecurity reveal structural contradictions between international human rights frameworks and the social, economic, and environmental dynamics that organize contemporary food systems. This study proposes to analyze food insecurity as an invisible frontier of health, which crosses territories, populations, and public policies, challenging the principle of health without borders.
METHODS:
This is a theoretical discussion based on the dialectical method, grounded in a critical analysis of international documents on nutrition, public health, and human rights. The dialectical approach allows us to identify contradictions, mediations, and syntheses between the formal recognition of the human right to adequate food and health and the material conditions that limit its realization, considering the local, national, and global scales.
RESULTS:
It was evident that food insecurity does not stem from food shortages, but from structural processes such as socioeconomic inequality, austerity policies, job insecurity, and environmental crisis. These dynamics directly impact SDG 3 indicators, such as an increase in chronic diseases, nutritional disorders, and health vulnerability. Thus, there is a disconnect between the integrated goals of the 2030 Agenda and political practices that weaken social protection and the sustainability of food systems.
CONCLUSIONS:
It is concluded that the development of comprehensive public policies is essential to guarantee the human right to adequate food and achieve the goals set out in SDGs 2 and 3 of the 2030 Agenda. Thinking about health without borders requires addressing the structural contradictions that produce hunger and disease, reaffirming the centrality of human rights, equity, and sustainability in the formulation of intersectoral and global public policies.
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