Addressing the carbon footprint, healthfulness, and costs of self-selected diets in the USA: a population-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The role of diet in health is well established and, in the past decade, more attention has been given to the role of food choices in the environment. The agricultural sector produces about a quarter of the world's greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), and meat production, especially beef, is an important contributor to global GHGE. Our study aimed to address a fundamental gap in the diet-climate literature: identifying consumers who are receptive to making dietary changes, and the effect of their potential changes on GHGE, diet healthfulness, and diet costs.

Methods

Dietary data on US individuals from a nationally representative survey were linked to food-related GHGE. We identified individuals receptive to changing their diets (potential changers) as those who reporte

SUBMITTER: Willits-Smith A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232940 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature