An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
Assessing the environmental impacts of food, food systems and diets is highly complex due to the multitude of processes involved, the uncertainty in assessment models, the variability in production systems and the large range of products available. No single assessment method alone can provide a com...
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| author | Tim G. Benton Helen Harwatt Anne Høyer-Lund Helle Margrete Meltzer Ellen Trolle Rune Blomhoff |
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| description | Assessing the environmental impacts of food, food systems and diets is highly complex due to the multitude of processes involved, the uncertainty in assessment models, the variability in production systems and the large range of products available. No single assessment method alone can provide a complete evidence base. The increasing number of Life Cycle Assessment and food system analyses, and more recently the integration of planetary boundaries offer insights from which we can draw some robust high-level conclusions, whilst recognising there is a need for more detailed analysis to capture the inherent nuances of more location and context-specific situations.Despite the complexity of assessing the environmental sustainability of food, diets and food systems, there are a number of key considerations that could be used to guide this process, and in doing so, they help to increase utility of the outcomes and limit unintended adverse consequences. We identified five key considerations that can be applied (consider the thresholds, consider the system, consider the variables, consider the context and consider the spillover) to ensure assessments are comprehensive. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b561f223758b4b25be2856667cac584b2025-01-08T11:26:10ZengSwedish Nutrition FoundationFood & Nutrition Research1654-661X2024-12-016812110.29219/fnr.v68.1045310453An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023Tim G. Benton0Helen Harwatt1Anne Høyer-Lund2Helle Margrete Meltzer3Ellen Trolle4Rune Blomhoff5Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, UKRoyal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London, UKThe Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, NorwayDivision of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kgs. Lyngby, DenmarkThe Norwegian Directorate of Health, Oslo, NorwayAssessing the environmental impacts of food, food systems and diets is highly complex due to the multitude of processes involved, the uncertainty in assessment models, the variability in production systems and the large range of products available. No single assessment method alone can provide a complete evidence base. The increasing number of Life Cycle Assessment and food system analyses, and more recently the integration of planetary boundaries offer insights from which we can draw some robust high-level conclusions, whilst recognising there is a need for more detailed analysis to capture the inherent nuances of more location and context-specific situations.Despite the complexity of assessing the environmental sustainability of food, diets and food systems, there are a number of key considerations that could be used to guide this process, and in doing so, they help to increase utility of the outcomes and limit unintended adverse consequences. We identified five key considerations that can be applied (consider the thresholds, consider the system, consider the variables, consider the context and consider the spillover) to ensure assessments are comprehensive.https://foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/10453/18568sustainable food systemsdietary guidelinesenvironmental impactsfood systems |
| spellingShingle | Tim G. Benton Helen Harwatt Anne Høyer-Lund Helle Margrete Meltzer Ellen Trolle Rune Blomhoff An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 Food & Nutrition Research sustainable food systems dietary guidelines environmental impacts food systems |
| title | An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 |
| title_full | An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 |
| title_fullStr | An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 |
| title_full_unstemmed | An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 |
| title_short | An overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 |
| title_sort | overview of approaches for assessing the environmental sustainability of diets a scoping review for nordic nutrition recommendations 2023 |
| topic | sustainable food systems dietary guidelines environmental impacts food systems |
| url | https://foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/view/10453/18568 |
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