PAN International Joins Global Metabolic Health Alliance to Support Nutrition-Informed Action on Metabolic Health
PAN International is pleased to announce its official partnership with the Global Metabolic Health Alliance (GMHA), a collaborative global platform advancing integrated, population-level action on metabolic health.
Through this partnership, PAN will contribute its expertise in evidence-based nutrition as one important part of the wider metabolic health agenda. The collaboration connects PAN with a global network of medical doctors, researchers, public health experts, policy leaders and implementation partners working to address the growing burden of poor metabolic health.
Why metabolic health matters
Poor metabolic health is closely linked to many of the world’s most pressing chronic health challenges, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, hypertension and fatty liver disease. These conditions place increasing pressure on individuals, families, healthcare professionals and health systems worldwide.
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death globally, responsible for an estimated 19.8 million deaths in 2022. Many of the risk factors driving cardiovascular and metabolic disease are shaped not only by individual choices, but also by the environments in which people live, work, eat and receive care.
Addressing this burden requires action across healthcare, policy, education, food systems and communities, including stronger integration of evidence-based nutrition into prevention, clinical care and population health strategies.
The role of nutrition in metabolic health
GMHA works across the broader field of metabolic health, where nutrition is one important part of a wider, integrated response that also includes physical activity, behavioural change, clinical care, public policy and supportive environments.
At PAN, we believe evidence-based nutrition has a critical role to play in improving metabolic health outcomes, not as a replacement for medical care, but as an essential part of prevention, treatment support and wider public health action.
We therefore work to close the gap between nutrition science and healthcare practice by equipping healthcare professionals with evidence-based knowledge, practical tools and communication skills, while also advocating for healthier, more sustainable food environments.
PAN’s contribution to the GMHA partnership
Through this partnership, PAN has been invited to contribute to two key GMHA initiatives:
the Global Consensus Framework, with a focus on nutrition, physical activity and behavioural change; and
the Global Metabolic Health Impact Report, which aims to strengthen understanding, visibility and action on metabolic health worldwide.
As GMHA advances its broader work on metabolic health, PAN will support the alliance with specialist expertise in evidence-based nutrition, healthcare professional education, cardiovascular prevention, sustainable food systems and clear, science-based communication.
“Improving metabolic health requires coordinated, evidence-based action across healthcare, policy and society. PAN International is pleased to join the Global Metabolic Health Alliance and contribute our expertise in evidence-based nutrition to this wider global effort. Nutrition is one important part of the solution, and it must be better integrated into prevention, healthcare practice and population-level action,” said Kerstin Plehwe, PAN President and CEO.
Advancing nutrition as part of healthcare
The partnership reflects PAN International’s mission to make nutrition a core component of healthcare and to support health professionals as key agents of change in the prevention and management of diet-related disease.
By joining GMHA, PAN strengthens its role in a global movement to bring nutrition, prevention and population-level action more clearly into the future of metabolic health.
Learn more about the Global Metabolic Health Alliance here.