Dietary guidelines for sustainability

Gussow, Joan Dye; Clancy, Katherine L.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3182(86)80255-2

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“…Moreover, the MD, as a plant-centred dietary pattern, further contributes to the preservation of the environment, as it implies a reduction in animal consumption and therefore production compared to Western patterns and, consequently, lowered demands on soil, water and energy resources (48,49) . All these items express the sustainable character of the MD in an increasingly globalised world (47,50,51) . The MD is an example of a sustainable pattern in which agricultural biodiversity plays an important role (47,51) .…”

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“…All these items express the sustainable character of the MD in an increasingly globalised world (47,50,51) . The MD is an example of a sustainable pattern in which agricultural biodiversity plays an important role (47,51) . The variety both among and within species contributes to differences in appearance and taste, as well as micronutrient and phytochemical content (46) .…”

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Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates

Bach-Faig¹,

Berry

Lairon

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To present the Mediterranean diet (MD) pyramid: a lifestyle for today. Design: A new graphic representation has been conceived as a simplified main frame to be adapted to the different nutritional and socio-economic contexts of the Mediterranean region. This review gathers updated recommendations considering the lifestyle, dietary, sociocultural, environmental and health challenges that the current Mediterranean populations are facing. Setting and Subjects: Mediterranean region and its populations. Results: Many innovations have arisen since previous graphical representations of the MD. First, the concept of composition of the 'main meals' is introduced to reinforce the plant-based core of the dietary pattern. Second, frugality and moderation is emphasised because of the major public health challenge of obesity. Third, qualitative cultural and lifestyle elements are taken into account, such as conviviality, culinary activities, physical activity and adequate rest, along with proportion and frequency recommendations of food consumption. These innovations are made without omitting other items associated with the production, selection, processing and consumption of foods, such as seasonality, biodiversity, and traditional, local and eco-friendly products. Conclusions: Adopting a healthy lifestyle and preserving cultural elements should be considered in order to acquire all the benefits from the MD and preserve this cultural heritage. Considering the acknowledgment of the MD as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO (2010), and taking into account its contribution to health and general well-being, we hope to contribute to a much better adherence to this healthy dietary pattern and its way of life with this new graphic representation.

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Section: Seasonalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates

Bach-Faig¹,

Berry

Lairon

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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“…The term sustainable diets has crept into policy discourse over the last two decades but its scientific origins are usually credited to Gussow and Clancy's 1986 proposal for Dietary Guidelines for sustainability (21) . For them, sustainability was a composite term, in which nutrition and environment should be aligned, in keeping with sustainable development thinking proposed at that time and summarised in the UN Brundtland Report a year later (22) .Academic interest in the topic blossomed (23) , particularly in the 2000s, and today an expanding literature has been summarised (7,(24)(25)(26)(27) .…”

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Sustainable diet policy development: implications of multi-criteria and other approaches, 2008–2017

Lang

Mason

2017

Proc. Nutr. Soc.

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link Abstract (237 words)The objective of this paper is to draw lessons from policy development on sustainable diets. It considers the emergence of sustainable diets as a policy issue and reviews the environmental challenge to nutrition science as to what a 'good' diet is for contemporary policy. It explores the variations in how sustainable diets have been approached by policy-makers. The paper considers how international UN and EU policy engagement now centres on the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Change Accord which require changes across food systems. The paper outlines national sustainable diet policy in various countries: Australia,

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“…A nutrition-driven perspective Gussow and Clancy (11) were the first to suggest the term 'sustainable diet' to describe a diet 'composed of foods chosen for their contribution not only to health but also to the sustainability (the capability of maintenance into the foreseeable future) of the (. .…”

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Agricultural biodiversity, social–ecological systems and sustainable diets

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The stark observation of the co-existence of undernourishment, nutrient deficiencies and overweight and obesity, the triple burden of malnutrition, is inviting us to reconsider health and nutrition as the primary goal and final endpoint of food systems. Agriculture and the food industry have made remarkable advances in the past decades. However, their development has not entirely fulfilled health and nutritional needs, and moreover, they have generated substantial collateral losses in agricultural biodiversity. Simultaneously, several regions are experiencing unprecedented weather events caused by climate change and habitat depletion, in turn putting at risk global food and nutrition security. This coincidence of food crises with increasing environmental degradation suggests an urgent need for novel analyses and new paradigms. The sustainable diets concept proposes a research and policy agenda that strives towards a sustainable use of human and natural resources for food and nutrition security, highlighting the preeminent role of consumers in defining sustainable options and the importance of biodiversity in nutrition. Food systems act as complex social-ecological systems, involving multiple interactions between human and natural components. Nutritional patterns and environment structure are interconnected in a mutual dynamic of changes. The systemic nature of these interactions calls for multidimensional approaches and integrated assessment and simulation tools to guide change. This paper proposes a review and conceptual modelling framework that articulate the synergies and tradeoffs between dietary diversity, widely recognised as key for healthy diets, and agricultural biodiversity and associated ecosystem functions, crucial resilience factors to climate and global changes.

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Dietary guidelines for sustainability

Cited by 256 publications

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Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates

Mediterranean diet pyramid today. Science and cultural updates

Sustainable diet policy development: implications of multi-criteria and other approaches, 2008–2017

Agricultural biodiversity, social–ecological systems and sustainable diets

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