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diet sustainability
Also known as: diet sustainability analyses
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Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable ... frontiersin.org 8 facts
claimLow- and middle-income countries are under-represented in diet sustainability literature, which predominantly focuses on the global level or national studies of high-income countries.
referenceConrad, Stern, Love, Salesses, Cyril, McDowell, and colleagues researched data integration for diet sustainability analyses, published in Sustainability in 2021.
claimDisaggregating results by subpopulations within countries is an important but underutilized approach for analyzing social inequities in diet sustainability literature.
claimMost studies addressing social issues in diet sustainability literature rely on disaggregating results based on conventional measures such as socioeconomic status, education level, or race.
claimThe selection of indicators in diet sustainability research is often based on data availability and resonance rather than an analysis of potential alternatives.
perspectiveThe field of diet sustainability research requires more creativity and complexity in metrics rather than standardization, provided there is greater exposition on assumptions, system boundaries, data limitations, sensitivity analyses, and interpretability of results.
referenceReference (71) identifies new research in the United States that estimates the risk of forced labor at the food level, which shows potential for integration into future diet sustainability studies.
perspectiveComprehensive analysis of diet sustainability—incorporating health, environmental, economic, and social justice parameters—remains an elusive goal in current research.
A Scoping Review of Indicators for Sustainable Healthy Diets frontiersin.org Jan 12, 2022 5 facts
claimThe scoping review excluded studies focused on individual food items or food groups, which may have limited the identification of indicators relevant to assessing diet sustainability.
measurementOf the 11 cross-cutting indicators identified in the review, 8 (72%) cut across the two aspects of health and environment, including measures such as carbon footprint per nutrient score, nutrient GHGE efficiency, and nutritional water productivity.
measurementThe scoping review identified 11 indicators that cut across multiple aspects of diet sustainability, including 10 unique indicators.
referenceGazan et al. (2018) developed a methodology to compile food metrics related to diet sustainability into a single food database, applying it to the French case.
referenceLiterature reviews by Jones et al. (2016) and Eme et al. (2019) found that at least 70% of studies on diet sustainability focused on human and/or environmental health outcomes, while 30% or less focused on sociocultural or economic outcomes.
Measuring Adherence to Sustainable Healthy Diets - R Discovery discovery.researcher.life Dec 26, 2022 1 fact
measurementApproximately 42% of the articles analyzed in the scoping review assessed diet sustainability using only health and environmental indicators, while less than 25% assessed sustainability across health, environmental, and sociocultural aspects.