Diets optimized for environmental sustainability and health: implications for diet costs across socio-economic positions for Dutch adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Universal access to healthy, safe, and environmentally sustainable diets is essential across all socio-economic backgrounds to improve human and planetary health.

Objective

This modeling study examined the transition to healthier and more environmentally sustainable diets across socio-economic groups in the Netherlands, and investigated the associated implications for diet costs.

Methods

Food consumption data for 1,747 adults were derived from the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2019-2021. Participants were categorized according to their highest attained educational level (low, intermediate, high) as proxy for socio-economic position (SEP). For each individual, the diet was minimized for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and maximized for diet quality a

SUBMITTER: Vellinga RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12665553 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature