The findings, published in the journalPLOS ONE, reveals how our furry, four-legged companions' consumption of meat and other animal products adds a sizable, and largely overlooked, climate cost. When it comes to environmental effects, meat-eating takes the cake. A 2014 study in theProceedings ...
Both perceived benefits and barriers to vegetarianism significantly predicted participant meat consumption (red meat, poultry, and seafood). Overall, results indicate an increase in the number of people who are aware that meat-eating has environmental impacts, although they believe its ...
UK nature presenter David Attenborough has pointed out, "We must change our diet. The planet can't support billions of meat-eaters."Consumers have questioned the price and healthiness of plant-based meat, since it is a relatively new product—the long-term health effects of directly replacing ...
this may have played a role in the lack of increase in these options in the availability condition, and raises questions about how meat-free availability could be increased without the potential for knock-on effects of customers going elsewhere to purchase the foods they may prefer consuming (e...
A comprehensive study that examined the environmental impact of vegan diets compared with vegetarianism, fish eating, and meat-eating, found clear advantages for veganism. The study, published in the journal Nature, looked at the dietary consumption of 55,504 people in the U.K. and foods from...
What evidence exists on the effects of public policy interventions for achieving environmentally sustainable food consumption? (Environmentally) sustainable consumption, e.g. food consumption, was defined as the use of goods and services to respond to basic needs and improve quality of life, while min...
Moreover, higher Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI) scores were associated with impressive reductions in the risk of primary chronic disease (McCullough et al., 2002). Furthermore, recommended diets contributed to decrease the effects on GHG, land use, and eutrophication of 24.8%,21.3%, and ...
Feeding the world healthily: the challenge of measuring the effects of agriculture on health Agricultural production, food systems and population health are intimately linked. While there is a strong evidence base to inform our knowledge of what co... S Hawkesworth,AD Dangour,D Johnston,... - ...
Consumption of pickles was an independent risk factor for development of . Eating too hot foods and barbecued meat was also shown to increase the risk of (p<0.001). In addition, the educational level of the patients was also lower compared to those of the control group (p=0.033). Women ...
Eating our way out of trouble? Across the world, human diets are changing as incomes grow, with potential impacts for the environment as well as public health. David Tilman and Michael Clark have quantified the effects of dietary 'westernization' and for many aspects of diet, they find a tig...