SEC345: Increasing production of more and more processed food, rapid urbanization, and changing lifestyles are transforming: Non-Traditional Security Assignment, SUSS, Singapore

Increasing production of more and more processed food, rapid urbanization, and changing lifestyles are transforming dietary patterns. Highly processed foods are increasing in availability and becoming more affordable. People around the world are consuming more energy-dense foods that are high in saturated fats, trans fats, sugars, and salt.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), increased consumption of sugar and salt is a public health concern. In 2016, the Ministry of Health (MOH) Singapore declared war on diabetes to rally a whole-of-nation effort to reduce the diabetes burden in the population. In 2022, MOH introduced measures to curb salt consumption in the population.

Examine the conceptualization of the war on diabetes and measures to tackle the sodium problem as a non-traditional security threat in Singapore.