Estimates of optimal supplies of animal-sourced foods differ by food system goal and socioeconomic context.

ABSTRACT: Reduced consumption of animal-sourced food (ASF) has been recommended for environmental and human health objectives; however, ASF can be important for food security and diet affordability. We explored country-level relationships among various metrics of food supply, socioeconomic context, food security, diet affordability, and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) to characterize how optimal inclusion ranges for ASF vary with socioeconomic factors and food system goals. Data from 2015 to 2022 for 153 countries were sourced to generate Bayesian Networks representing relationships among the studied food system metrics. Networks were used in simulations to characterize optimal ASF inclusion to achieve environmental, food security, or diet affordability goals based on individual country

SUBMITTER: White RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11648630 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature