Sustainable diets: The interaction between food industry, nutrition, health and the environment

Alsaffar, Ayten Aylin

doi:10.1177/1082013215572029

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“…160 Recently, the findings in this advice were confirmed in various peer-reviewed articles. 161, 162, 163, 164 The Committee compared the findings in that advice with those of the current guidelines and concluded that complying to a number of guidelines will not only result in health gain but also in a lower ecological burden. Limiting meat consumption is also desirable from an ecological perspective.…”

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confidence: 99%

The 2015 Dutch food-based dietary guidelines

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The objective of this study was to derive food-based dietary guidelines for the Dutch population. The dietary guidelines are based on 29 systematic reviews of English language meta-analyses in PubMed summarizing randomized controlled trials and prospective cohort studies on nutrients, foods and food patterns and the risk of 10 major chronic diseases: coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, diabetes, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia and depression. The committee also selected three causal risk factors for cardiovascular diseases or diabetes: systolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and body weight. Findings were categorized as strong or weak evidence, inconsistent effects, too little evidence or effect unlikely for experimental and observational data separately. Next, the committee selected only findings with a strong level of evidence for deriving the guidelines. Convincing evidence was based on strong evidence from the experimental data either or not in combination with strong evidence from prospective cohort studies. Plausible evidence was based on strong evidence from prospective cohort studies only. A general guideline to eat a more plant food-based dietary pattern and limit consumption of animal-based food and 15 specific guidelines have been formulated. There are 10 new guidelines on legumes, nuts, meat, dairy produce, cereal products, fats and oils, tea, coffee and sugar-containing beverages. Three guidelines on vegetables, fruits, fish and alcoholic beverages have been sharpened, and the 2006 guideline on salt stayed the same. A separate guideline has been formulated on nutrient supplements. Completely food-based dietary guidelines can be derived in a systematic and transparent way.

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The 2015 Dutch food-based dietary guidelines

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“…Dietary recommendations to eat more fish are (potentially) unsustainable , Horgan et al (2016), Lang (2014), Merrigan et al (2015), Reynolds et al (2014), Riley and Buttriss (2011), Selvey and Carey (2013), Westhoek et al (2011) Consuming seafood presented as a conflict between health and environmental sustainability Alsaffar (2015), , Macdiarmid (2013), Macdiarmid et al (2012), Mitchell (2011), Buttriss (2011), van Dooren et al (2014) Express concern over environmental/biotic impacts of fishing Buttriss and Riley (2013), Carlsson-Kanyama and González (2009), , Garnett (2011, Heller et al (2013), Mitchell (2011), Nijdam et al (2012, Ruini et al (2015), Tukker et al (2011), Tyszler et al (2015 Advocate consumption of sustainable wild-capture seafood Buttriss and Riley (2013), , Macdiarmid (2013), Reynolds et al (2014), Buttriss (2011), Tyszler et al (2015) No scope for increased production/consumption Fazeni andSteinmüller (2011), Jalava et al (2014), Stehfest et al (2009) Use of wild-capture fish for aquafeed should be reduced Reynolds et al (2014), Selvey and Carey (2013), Westhoek et al (2011) Use of crops for aquafeed will increase footprint of seafood Gephart et al (2016), Westhoek et al (2011) T A B L E 2 Themes for seafood identified in the sustainable diets literature | 613…”

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“…The result of limited access to suitable fishery and aquaculture data is that some researchers modelling future sustainable diets are not allowing for any future increase in seafood consumption (Fazeni & Steinmüller, 2011;Jalava et al, 2014;Stehfest et al, 2009), while others refer to seafood only briefly in the context of it being unsustainable (see, e.g., Allen, Prosperi, Cogill, & Flichman, 2014;Alsaffar, 2015;Johnston et al, 2014). However, seafood plays, and will continue to play, an important role in the global food system, with annual per capita consumption projected to increase (World Bank, 2013).…”

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Assessing the inclusion of seafood in the sustainable diet literature

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The literature on sustainable diets is broad in its scope, and application yet is consistently supportive of a move away from animal‐based diets towards more plant‐based diets. The positioning of seafood within the sustainable diet literature is less clear. A literature review was conducted to examine how the environmental impacts of seafood consumption are assessed and what conclusions are being drawn about the inclusion of seafood in a sustainable diet. Seafood is an essential part of the global food system but is not adequately addressed in most of the sustainable diet literature. Aquaculture, the world's fastest growing food sector, was considered by very few papers. Seafood consumption was commonly presented as a dilemma due to the perceived trade‐offs between positive health outcomes from eating seafood and concerns of overfishing. A number of studies included seafood as part of their sustainable diet scenario, or as part of a diet that had lower impacts than current consumption. Most of the indicators used were biophysical, with a strong focus on greenhouse gas emissions, and very few studies addressed biological or ecological impacts. The assessment of seafood was limited in many studies due to relevant data sets not being incorporated into the models used. Where they were used, data sources and methodological choices were often not stated thereby limiting the transparency of many studies. Both farmed and wild‐capture production methods need to be integrated into research on the impacts of diets and future food scenarios to better understand and promote the benefits of sustainable diets.

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“…Think of the toxic waste disposal in the so-called "triangle of death", located the eastern area of the Campania Region in Southern Italy, where massive illegal dumping have been operated by camorra 10 and where the adverse effect on human health in this area have caused a high increase of liver and lung cancer mortality and congenital malformation (Triassi et al 2015). Think of food distribution: on Planet Earth, some people suffer from malnutrition; other people eat processed food, causing problems both to their health and to the environment (Alsaffar 2016); some other people waste gourmet food, which comes in unsustainable containers … 9 Held on September 21, 2014, this is considered the largest climate change march in history, with an estimated number of participants on the order of 400.000. See Feeley 2014. 10 A type of mafia originated in the region of Campania and characterized by illegal activities.…”

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confidence: 99%