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Food Environments
Affordability of a healthy diet
Cost of an energy sufficient diet
Cost of legumes, nuts, and seeds relative to the starchy staples in a least-cost healthy diet
Dietary energy in the food supply
Share of dietary energy from cereals, roots, and tubers
Supply of fruit
Supply of pulses
Supply of vegetables
Retail value of ultra-processed food sales per person
Food Supply Chains
Average crop species richness
Cereal losses
Fruit losses
Pulse losses
Vegetable losses
Outcomes
Agricultural land change during the last 10 years
Average proportion of natural vegetation embedded in agricultural lands
Biodiversity impact of food consumption
Eutrophication of food consumption
Greenhouse gas emissions of food consumption
Soil biodiversity threats index
Total ecological footprint of consumption per person
Total ecological footprint of production per person
Water use linked to food consumption
Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity
Prevalence of undernourishment
Children (6-23 months): Minimum diet diversity
Adult diabetes prevalence
Adult raised blood pressure
Adult obesity
Anemia in women
Stunting in children under 5 years
Under 5 Overweight and Obesity
Wasting in children under 5 years
Unlikely Challenge Area
Potential Challenge Area
Likely Challenge Area
Missing Data

Indicators

Annual population growth (%)

DriversPopulation growth and migration
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Source:World Bank

Percent of the urban population of total population (%)

DriversUrbanization
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Source:World Bank

Affordability of a healthy diet

Food EnvironmentsFood affordability
0.7
2017
Source:Food Prices for Nutrition DataHub and the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022

Cost of an energy sufficient diet

Food EnvironmentsFood affordability
1.1
2017 PPP dollar/capita/day
2017
Source:Food Prices for Nutrition DataHub and the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022

Cost of legumes, nuts, and seeds relative to the starchy staples in a least-cost healthy diet

Food EnvironmentsFood affordability
0.5
2017
Source:Food Prices for Nutrition DataHub and the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022

Retail value of packaged food sales per person

Food EnvironmentsProduct properties
880.8
USD/capita
2017
Source:Euromonitor, population from World Bank

Retail value of ultra-processed food sales per person

Food EnvironmentsProduct properties
569.5
USD/capita
2017
Source:Euromonitor, population from World Bank

Number of modern grocery retailers per 100,000 population

Food EnvironmentsVendor properties
22.8
2017
Source:Euromonitor, population from World Bank

Number of supermarkets per 100,000 population

Food EnvironmentsVendor properties
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Source:Euromonitor, population from World Bank

Final consumption expenditure per capita

Individual FactorsEconomic
19,566
constant 2017 international dollars/capita
2017
Source:World Bank

Agricultural land change during the last 10 years

OutcomesEnvironmental impacts
0
1000 ha/year
2008–2018
Source:FAO

Average proportion of natural vegetation embedded in agricultural lands

OutcomesEnvironmental impacts
54
%
2015
Source:Jones et al. (in review)

Total ecological footprint of consumption per person

OutcomesEnvironmental impacts
6.5
global ha/capita
2019
Source:Lin et al. 2019

Total ecological footprint of production per person

OutcomesEnvironmental impacts
2.9
global ha/capita
2019
Source:Lin et al. 2019

All Suggested Policies and Actions

We’ve identified the following policies and actions that might address issues with the food system of Aruba.

Action
Restrict all forms of marketing, advertising and in-store promotions of HFSS foods, particularly to children.
Impact
Reduce appeal foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children.
Action
Implement taxes to decrease affordability and incentivise reformulation of sugary drinks and foods high in fats, sugars and salt food.
Impact
Decrease affordability of sugary drinks and foods high in fats, sugars and salt to all populations.