Consensus-building around the conceptualisation and implementation of sustainable healthy diets: a foundation for policymakers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthy and sustainable diets need to be adopted to reduce the negative impact of food consumption on human and planetary health. Food systems account for a third of greenhouse gas emissions. "Dietary Patterns for Health and Sustainability" is a World Health Organization (WHO) project that aims to build consensus among international food, health, and sustainability experts and policymakers on how to conceptualise healthy and sustainable diets and on the actions and policies that could be implemented in the WHO European Region to promote these diets.

Methods

A qualitative study among European food, health, and sustainability experts and policymakers to elicit their views on multiple dimensions of food sustainability and health was carried out using a three-phase pr

SUBMITTER: Bach-Faig A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351147 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature