Sustainable Diets: Aligning Food Systems and the Environment

Jessica Fanzo () and Claire Davis ()
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Jessica Fanzo: Johns Hopkins University
Claire Davis: Johns Hopkins University

Chapter Chapter 10 in Global Food Systems, Diets, and Nutrition, 2021, pp 155-168 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The need to ensure sufficient nutritious diets for all the world’s people without putting further undue pressure on the environmentNatural environment presents a monumental challenge for the global community. Food systems depend on natural resources and the environment, yet agricultureFood production agriculture and farming is a major driver of environmental degradation and climate change. Given the impending challenges posed by population growth, migration, and climate change, securing a sustainable future will require dietary patterns to shift significantly over the coming decades. The concept of “sustainable diets” attempts to achieve these goals by bridging the divide between agriculture and the environment. This chapter discusses the history of sustainable diets, as well as the health and environmental outcomes, ethical conundrums, research limitations, and policy implications associated with these diets.

Keywords: Sustainable diets; The environment; Natural resources; Agriculture; Climate change; Population growth; Migration; Health; Ethics; Food policy; EAT-Lancet; Nutrition; Deforestation; Animal-source foods; Food policy; Diets; Food-based dietary guidelines (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-72763-5_10

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