Vegetarian Diets: Planetary Health and Its Alignment with Human Health.

ABSTRACT: To maintain planetary health, human activities must limit the use of Earth's resources within finite boundaries and avoid environmental degradation. At present, food systems account for a substantial use of natural resources and contribute considerably to climate change, degradation of land, water use, and other impacts, which in turn threaten human health through food insecurity. Additionally, current dietary patterns, rich in animal products and excessive in calories, are detrimental to both population and planetary health. In order to resolve the diet-environment-health trilemma, population-level dietary changes are essential. Vegetarian diets are reported to be healthy options. Most plant-sourced foods are less resource intense and taxing on the environment than the production of anima

SUBMITTER: Fresan U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6855976 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature