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environmental impact indicators
Also known as: environmental impact indicators, environmental indicators, environmental indicator
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A Scoping Review of Indicators for Sustainable Healthy Diets frontiersin.org Jan 12, 2022 15 facts
claimEnvironmental indicators for diets are not always positively correlated, meaning that dietary changes that improve one indicator, such as greenhouse gas emissions, do not guarantee improvements in other indicators, such as water use.
measurementIn a scoping review of indicators for sustainable healthy diets, land use was the third most frequently measured environmental indicator, appearing in 36 instances.
measurementEnergy use accounted for 6% of environmental indicators (n = 16) in the reviewed studies and was assessed through indicators such as total energy use, energy consumption, cumulative energy demand, and non-renewable energy.
measurementIndicators related to greenhouse gases were the most frequently utilized environmental concept, accounting for 77 instances or 29% of all environmental indicators identified.
measurementIn a scoping review of indicators for sustainable healthy diets, water use was the second most frequently measured environmental indicator, appearing in 47 instances.
measurementNinety-five articles, representing 92% of the sample in the scoping review, assessed the sustainability of diets using environmental indicators.
measurementResearchers identified 262 environmental indicators across the reviewed articles, comprising 117 unique environmental indicators.
referenceThe ReCiPe score, as described by Huijbregts et al. (2017), is a composite environmental indicator that can include up to 18 environmental indicators.
measurementIn a scoping review of indicators for sustainable healthy diets, 42% of the articles assessed diet sustainability using both health and environmental indicators.
measurement92% of the studies reviewed included environmental indicators, while only 32% included sociocultural indicators.
referenceLukas M., Rohn H., Lettenmeier M., Liedtke C., and Wiesen K. (2016) published 'The nutritional footprint–integrated methodology using environmental and health indicators to indicate potential for absolute reduction of natural resource use in the field of food and nutrition' in the Journal of Cleaner Production.
claimWater use as an environmental indicator quantifies the amount of water used to produce various goods and services.
measurementLand use, defined as the designated use of land by humans such as cropland, grazeland, and forest management, accounted for 14% of environmental indicators (n = 36) in the reviewed studies.
measurementIn a scoping review of indicators for sustainable healthy diets, greenhouse gases were the most frequently measured environmental indicator, appearing in 77 instances.
claimToxicology, defined as the assessment of toxic substances in the environment, accounted for 6% of environmental indicators (n = 16) and was assessed through indicators such as ecotoxicity, human toxicity, particulate matter-related emissions, and respiratory inorganics.
Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable ... frontiersin.org 2 facts
claimClimate and environmental indicators used in diet modeling have expanded from land use conversion, water extraction, and species extinction to include ozone layer depletion, particulate air pollution, and per capita non-renewable energy use.
referenceArrieta et al. explored six environmental impact indicators associated with two reference diets compared with current consumption patterns in Argentina across ten socioeconomic levels determined by per capita total expenditure.
A Consensus Proposal for Nutritional Indicators to Assess ... - Frontiers frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceThe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published a reference paper titled 'Environmental Indicators – Development, Measurement and Use' in 2003.
How do the indices based on the EAT-Lancet recommendations ... medrxiv.org May 14, 2024 1 fact
claimBinary dietary indices showed a stronger correlation with environmental indicators, while one quantitative index converged with both nutritional and environmental domains.