The need to promote olfactory health in public health agendas across the globe

Philpott, Carl Martin, Hummel, Thomas, Parma, Valentina, Lechner, Matt, Boak, Duncan and Obrist, Marianna (2025) The need to promote olfactory health in public health agendas across the globe. Clinical Otolaryngology. ISSN 1749-4478

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Abstract

Background: A good sense of smell is essential for physical and mental health, and social wellbeing; however, across the globe, regardless of the setting, national public health agendas never consider smell health. This review aims to summarise the wide-reaching impact of smell health in public health. Methods: Narrative review of the literature has been undertaken by leading opinion figures in the field of olfactory health. Results: The sense of smell should be promoted as an essential pillar of health, as it enables good nutrition and cognitive and psychological well-being. To improve smell health internationally, a focus on education and awareness, research and targeted public health policies is needed. Conclusions: We recommend developing smell health educational programmes and awareness campaigns, introducing smell screening and developing and implementing smell health policies across sectors of society. Efforts are needed to ensure equity, diversity and inclusivity for all people, particularly given the current demographic as those seeking help are typically not from a diverse cross-section of the community.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data Availability Statement: Data sharing not applicable to this article as no datasets were generated or analysed during the current study.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	olfaction,olfactory disorders,otorhinolaryngology,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2733
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Respiratory and Airways Group Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?... https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	23 Dec 2025 15:30
Last Modified:	23 Dec 2025 16:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/101498
DOI:	10.1111/coa.70056

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