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Plant-based diets are a popular way of eating a sustainable diet. Sustainable diets are "dietary patterns that promote all dimensions of individuals’ health and wellbeing; have low environmental pressure and impact; are accessible, affordable, safe and equitable; and are culturally acceptable".
The large environmental impact of agriculture – such as its greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation, deforestation and pollinator decline effects – make the food system a critical set of processes that need to be addressed for climate change mitigation and a stable healthy environment.
IFPRI’s research and engagement centers on a holistic three-pronged approach to contribute to reducing poverty and ensuring that all people have access to sustainable diets: (1) clarify the situation and outlook of a particular situation or challenge, (2) test and scale potential technological and policy solutions, and (3) help build an enabling environment to facilitate change.
The committee that drafted it wrote: "The major findings regarding sustainable diets were that a diet higher in plant-based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds, and lower in calories and animal-based foods is more health promoting and is associated with less environmental impact than is the current U.S. diet.
The Department of Nutrition at Loma Linda University has studied the nutrition and health effects of plant foods and plant-based dietary patterns. The areas of investigation include assessing the safety, adequacy, and optimal potential of vegetarian eating patterns as well as assessing the potential impact of animal and plant foods on nutrition, microbial contamination, sanitary concerns, and ...
The Food and Nutrition Bulletin is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was founded by Dr. Nevin S. Scrimshaw in 1978 and is published by SAGE Publications.The journal publishes articles that cover policy analysis, original scientific and social research, and academic reviews related to human nutrition and malnutrition in developing countries.
Land use changes can also impact precipitation patterns and the reflectivity of the surface of the Earth. It is possible to cut emissions from agriculture by reducing food waste, switching to a more plant-based diet (also referred to as low-carbon diet), and by improving farming processes. [10] Various policies can encourage climate change ...
Environmental systems analysis (ESA) is a systematic and systems based approach for describing human actions impacting on the natural environment to support decisions and actions aimed at perceived current or future environmental problems. Impacts of different types of objects are studied that ranges from projects, programs and policies, to ...