The affordability of a healthy and sustainable diet: an Australian case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

EAT-Lancet Commission's Planetary Health Diet proposed a diet that integrates nutrition and sustainability considerations, however its affordability is unknown in many country-specific contexts, including Australia. The aim of this study is to develop a healthy and sustainable food basket modelled on the Planetary Health Diet to determine the affordability of the Planetary Health Diet basket across various socio-economic groups, and compare this affordability with a food basket modelled on the typical current diet, in an Australian setting.

Methods

An Australian-specific Planetary Health Diet basket was developed for a reference household (2 adults and 2 children) modelled on the Planetary Health Diet reference diet, and compared to a previously-developed Typ

SUBMITTER: Goulding T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528590 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature