Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach
Climate change is recognised as a significant public health issue that will impact on food security. One of the major contributors to global warming is the livestock industry, and, relative to plant-based agriculture, meat production has a much higher environmental impact in relation to freshwater u...
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2012
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| author | Joyce, A. Dixon, Sarah Comfort, Jude Hallett, Jonathan |
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| description | Climate change is recognised as a significant public health issue that will impact on food security. One of the major contributors to global warming is the livestock industry, and, relative to plant-based agriculture, meat production has a much higher environmental impact in relation to freshwater use, amount of land required, and waste products generated. Promoting increased consumption of plant-based foods is a recommended strategy to reduce human impact on the environment and is also now recognised as a potential strategy to reduce the high rates of some chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. Currently there is a scant evidence base for policies and programs aiming to increase consumption of plant-based diets and little research on the necessary conditions for that change to occur and the processes involved in such a change. This paper reviews some of the environmental and health consequences of current dietary practices, reviews literature on the determinants of consuming a plant-based diet, and provides recommendations for further research in this area. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-371492017-09-13T16:04:40Z Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach Joyce, A. Dixon, Sarah Comfort, Jude Hallett, Jonathan Climate change is recognised as a significant public health issue that will impact on food security. One of the major contributors to global warming is the livestock industry, and, relative to plant-based agriculture, meat production has a much higher environmental impact in relation to freshwater use, amount of land required, and waste products generated. Promoting increased consumption of plant-based foods is a recommended strategy to reduce human impact on the environment and is also now recognised as a potential strategy to reduce the high rates of some chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and certain cancers. Currently there is a scant evidence base for policies and programs aiming to increase consumption of plant-based diets and little research on the necessary conditions for that change to occur and the processes involved in such a change. This paper reviews some of the environmental and health consequences of current dietary practices, reviews literature on the determinants of consuming a plant-based diet, and provides recommendations for further research in this area. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37149 10.1155/2012/978672 Hindawi Publishing Corporation fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Joyce, A. Dixon, Sarah Comfort, Jude Hallett, Jonathan Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach |
| title | Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach |
| title_full | Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach |
| title_fullStr | Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach |
| title_short | Reducing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Choice: Perspectives from a Behavioural and Social Change Approach |
| title_sort | reducing the environmental impact of dietary choice: perspectives from a behavioural and social change approach |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37149 |