The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
From The Lancet
The EAT-Lancet Commission emphasizes the urgent need for sustainable food systems to adequately nourish a growing global population while minimizing environmental impact, highlighting that food systems are responsible for nearly 30% of greenhouse gas emissions. It advocates for the planetary health diet, a flexible, plant-based approach that promotes health for both people and the planet, and demonstrates through research that adhering to this diet can lower disease risk and support a just so...
Key Takeaways
- Feeding 10 billion with a healthy diet? Easy! Just change our traditional recipe—less meat, more planet-friendly plants.
- Food is medicine: Embracing the planetary health diet could be the ultimate prescription for a sick planet.
- Half the fish—double the factories: West Africa's sardines are feeding pets, but leaving local diets high and dry.
- Ultraprocessed foods: the fast track to failure, where calories abound but essential nutrients take a backseat.
- Justice in food systems: solving one problem requires considering how it ripples through diets, livelihoods, and the environment.
Mentioned in this episode
- planetary health diet (Concept)
- EAT Lancet Commission (Concept)
- West Africa (Location)
- Seneagal (Location)
- Ethiopia (Location)
- Kenya (Location)
- Mexico (Location)