Sustainable healthy diet modeling for a plant-based dietary transitioning in the United States.

ABSTRACT: The potential environmental and nutritional benefits of plant-based dietary shifts require thorough investigation to outline suitable routes to achieve these benefits. Whereas dietary consumption is usually in composite forms, sustainable healthy diet assessments have not adequately addressed composite diets. In this study, we build on available data in the Food4HealthyLife calculator to develop 3 dietary concepts (M) containing 24 model composite diet scenarios (S) assessed for their environmental and nutritional performances. The Health Nutritional Index (HENI) and Food Compass scoring systems were used for nutritional quality profiling and estimates of environmental impact were derived from previously reported midpoint impact values for foods listed in the What We Eat in America databas

SUBMITTER: Aidoo R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10684880 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature