Front Cover -- Food Security and Nutrition -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- 1 Leveraging nutrition for food security: the integration of nutrition in the four pillars of food security -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Food security and nutrition: definitions, indicators, and prevalence -- 1.2.1 Food security: definition, indicators, and prevalence -- 1.2.1.1 Definition -- 1.2.1.2 Indicators of food security -- 1.2.1.3 Prevalence of food security -- 1.2.2 Malnutrition: definition, indicators, and prevalence -- 1.2.2.1 Definition

1.2.2.2 Indicators and prevalence of malnutrition -- 1.2.3 The burden of global food insecurity and malnutrition -- 1.3 Food insecurity and malnutrition coexist: correlations and causalities -- 1.3.1 The conceptual link between food security and nutrition -- 1.3.2 Food insecurity correlates with undernutrition -- 1.3.3 Food insecurity correlates with overweight and obesity -- 1.3.4 Food insecurity correlates with multiple forms of malnutrition -- 1.4 Integrating nutrition in all pillars of food security -- 1.4.1 Availability: nutrition and agri-food production

1.4.2 Access: nutritional considerations in access to food -- 1.4.3 Utilization: nutritional adequacy and safety of food -- 1.4.4 Stability: conflict, environmental crises, and economic shocks -- 1.4.4.1 Conflict -- 1.4.4.2 Environmental crises -- 1.4.4.3 Economic shocks -- 1.5 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Transition toward sustainable food systems: a holistic pathway toward sustainable development -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Sustainable food systems -- 2.3 Transforming food systems is the key to ending poverty, hunger, and malnutrition: people -- 2.3.1 Toward optimal health and nutrition

2.3.2 A path toward a poverty-free society -- 2.3.3 Closing the gender gap in agriculture -- 2.4 Safeguarding our planet for future generations: planet -- 2.4.1 Planet and planetary boundaries -- 2.4.2 Carbon footprint -- 2.4.3 Water footprint -- 2.4.4 Ecological footprint -- 2.5 Prosperity and peace -- 2.5.1 Commitment toward inclusivity and well-being -- 2.5.2 Shared prosperity models -- 2.6 Partnership: breaking the silos of the people, planet, peace, prosperity, and partnership -- 2.6.1 The role of digitization -- 2.7 Concluding remarks -- References

3 Food security and nutrition in agro-food sustainability transitions -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Landscape of research on sustainability transitions in the agro-food system -- 3.2.1 Topical focus of and main themes in research on sustainability transitions in the agro-food systems -- 3.2.2 Research on sustainability transitions in agro-food systems: conceptual challenges -- 3.3 Transition pathways toward sustainable agro-food systems ensuring food and nutrition security -- 3.3.1 Perspectives to achieve food system sustainability and food security in the sustainability transitions literature