Does diet intervention in line with nutrition recommendations affect dietary carbon footprint? Results from a weight loss trial among lactating women

Huseinovic, Ena; Ohlin, Maria; Winkvist, Anna; Bertz, Fredrik; Sonesson, Ulf; Brekke, Hilde Kristin

doi:10.1038/ejcn.2017.63

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“…Because the current study observed the environmental impact of dietary changes in a real-life setting, it may We found that the increased impacts on GHGE and LU from the increased intake of fruit, vegetables, fish, pulses/ legumes, and whole grains were collectively offset by the reduced impacts on GHGE and LU from the decreased intake of sweets/extras. Our results are in line with the weight loss trial which found that a reduction in intake of sweets, snacks, and soft drinks and an increase in intake of fruit and vegetables led to no change in overall carbon footprint of the diet [20]. However, we found that observed dietary change led to an increase in FEU of the overall diet, which may be attributable to the relative increase in fish, as fisheries are generally energy-intensive operations [62,63].…”

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“…While these studies have predominately examined the environmental impact of hypothetical change from current to proposed diets, there is limited research on the environmental impact of dietary change in a real-life setting. Only one previous study has examined changes in GHGE related to changes in food choice in overweight women who received a diet plan based on the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2004 and found no effect on diet-associated GHGE, although the women increased their fruit and vegetable intake and decreased total caloric intake compared to those who did not receive the diet plan [20]. Thus, the environmental impact of dietary change in line with dietary guidelines in a real-life setting needs further investigation.…”

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Effect of food-related behavioral activation therapy on food intake and the environmental impact of the diet: results from the MooDFOOD prevention trial

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Purpose Food-based dietary guidelines are proposed to not only improve diet quality, but to also reduce the environmental impact of diets. The aim of our study was to investigate whether food-related behavioral activation therapy (F-BA) applying Mediterranean-style dietary guidelines altered food intake and the environmental impact of the diet in overweight adults with subsyndromal symptoms of depression. Methods In total 744 adults who either received the F-BA intervention (F-BA group) or no intervention (control group) for 12 months were included in this analysis. Food intake data were collected through a food frequency questionnaire at baseline and after 6 and 12 months. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), land use (LU), and fossil energy use (FEU) estimates from life-cycle assessments and a weighted score of the three (pReCiPe score) were used to estimate the environmental impact of each individual diet at each timepoint. Results The F-BA group reported increased intakes of vegetables (19.7 g/day; 95% CI 7.8-31.6), fruit (23.0 g/day; 9.4-36.6), fish (7.6 g/day; 4.6-10.6), pulses/legumes (4.0 g/day; 1.6-6.5) and whole grains (12.7 g/day; 8.0-17.5), and decreased intake of sweets/extras (− 6.8 g/day; − 10.9 to − 2.8) relative to control group. This effect on food intake resulted in no change in GHGE, LU, and pReCiPe score, but a relative increase in FEU by 1.6 MJ/day (0.8, 2.4). Conclusions A shift towards a healthier Mediterranean-style diet does not necessarily result in a diet with reduced environmental impact in a real-life setting. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov. Number of identification: NCT02529423. August 2015.

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Effect of food-related behavioral activation therapy on food intake and the environmental impact of the diet: results from the MooDFOOD prevention trial

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“…Food system (cultivation, processing, packaging, distribution, consumption, and waste), which is mainly associated with Greenhouse Gases Emission (GHGEs), water requirements, and land use, may affect the environment negatively (Vermeulen et al, 2012;Gustafson et al, 2016;Huseinovic et al, 2017;González-García et al, 2018). The food system is responsible for more than a quarter of all GHGEs (Vermeulen et al, 2012;Springmann et al, 2016).…”

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“…In other words, less meat consumption and high plantbased food consumption contributes positively to the environment by decreasing GHGEs (Tilman and Clark, 2014). However, studies investigating the sustainability of diets, showing their effects on environment, and nutrition differ according to the type of food (Huseinovic et al, 2017). Drewnowski et al (2015) reported that although many foods such as sugar have low climate impact, they also have low nutritional value.…”

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Does Short Term Dietary Intervention Change Dietary Carbon Footprint?

Ayyıldız¹,

ATABİLEN²,

Yıldıran³

2022

Black Sea Journal of Health Science

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Objective: In this study, we aimed to observe whether short-term weight loss program changes dietary carbon footprint (CF) and its effect on the risk of chronic disease. Design: This study was carried out between April 2019- January 2020. Participants received a diet intervention for four weeks. Their anthropometric measurements and food records were evaluated before and at the end of the study. Participants: 61 individuals (51 female; 10 male) aged 19-59 years and with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of ≥25 kg/m2. Results: Their dietary CF of sweets/snacks, drinks, potatoes/bread/pasta, meat, and butter/oil also decreased statistically significantly according to the eight major food groups. The total dietary CF increased in this study (p=0.018). This increase resulted from the increase in the consumption of dairy/egg food group. At the end of the study the body weight, BMI, waist, hip and neck circumference, waist-hip ratio, and the waist-height ratio of participants decreased statistically significantly after the weight loss program (p

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“…There are studies indicating good opportunities for sustainable diets promoting better health and benefiting the environment ( 16–20 ). However, dietary patterns with a lower climate impact will not necessarily improve nutrient density or health outcomes ( 21 ), and dietary interventions based on nutrition recommendations have moreover shown that changes toward healthier dietary patterns in practice may not lead to decreased climate impact ( 22 ). In short, choosing diets beneficial for both health and climate is not obvious for consumers, and it is also not obvious how policy and dietary guidelines should be designed to benefit both perspectives.…”

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Diets benefiting health and climate relate to longevity in northern Sweden

Strid

Johansson

Bianchi

et al. 2021

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Background Diets combining adequate nutritional quality and low climate impact are highly needed for human and planet health. Objectives We aimed to 1) evaluate nutrient density indexes’ ability to predict mortality, and 2) assess the effects of diets varying in nutrient density and climate impact on total mortality. Methods Dietary data from 49,124 women and 47,651 men aged 35–65 y in the population-based prospective study Västerbotten Intervention Programme (Sweden) were used. Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs) were estimated using data from life cycle assessments. Fifteen variants of nutrient density indexes were evaluated and the index that best predicted mortality was used to estimate participants’ nutrient density. GHGEs and nutrient density were adjusted for energy intakes. Total mortality risk was estimated by Cox proportional hazards models for 4 groups of women and men, respectively, i.e., higher nutrient density, lower climate impact (HNutr/LClim); higher nutrient density, higher climate impact (HNutr/HClim); lower nutrient density, lower climate impact (LNutr/LClim); and lower nutrient density, higher climate impact (LNutr/HClim—reference group). Results NRF11.3, a Sweden-adapted variant of the Nutrient Rich Foods index, was identified to have the best ability to predict mortality in the study population. Median follow-up times for women and men were 16.0 and 14.7 y, respectively. For women a significantly lower mortality risk was found for HNutr/LClim (HR: 0.87; 95% CI: 0.79, 0.96; P = 0.008) and HNutr/HClim (HR: 0.87; 95% CI: 0.78, 0.97; P = 0.011) than for LNutr/HClim. Among men LNutr/LClim had a significantly higher mortality risk (HR: 1.10; 95% CI: 1.01, 1.21; P = 0.033) than LNutr/HClim. Conclusions Diets beneficial for both health and climate are feasible and associated with lower mortality risk in women. Further studies are needed to understand how men may transition into diets that are more sustainable from a combined health and climate perspective.

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Does diet intervention in line with nutrition recommendations affect dietary carbon footprint? Results from a weight loss trial among lactating women

Cited by 10 publications

References 22 publications

Effect of food-related behavioral activation therapy on food intake and the environmental impact of the diet: results from the MooDFOOD prevention trial

Effect of food-related behavioral activation therapy on food intake and the environmental impact of the diet: results from the MooDFOOD prevention trial

Does Short Term Dietary Intervention Change Dietary Carbon Footprint?

Diets benefiting health and climate relate to longevity in northern Sweden

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