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Healthy and Climate-Friendly Eating Patterns in the New Zealand Context — Europe PMC PMID:31967488

Source: Europe PMC (en)
Original: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/31967488
DOI: 10.1289/ehp5996
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Healthy and Climate-Friendly Eating Patterns in the New Zealand Context — Europe PMC PMID:31967488 — Europe PMC (en), https://europepmc.org/article/MED/31967488 (CC0-1.0); archived copy: https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_d7faeeea2020 (Metraipolis archive dc_d7faeeea2020, sha256 92d0ab34c52f49683b6be3c42a6574285fac48a073b601679746d2048f882245)

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@misc{dcd7faeeea2020,
  title = {Healthy and Climate-Friendly Eating Patterns in the New Zealand Context — Europe PMC PMID:31967488},
  howpublished = {Europe PMC (en)},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/31967488},
  note = {License CC0-1.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_d7faeeea2020; sha256 92d0ab34c52f49683b6be3c42a6574285fac48a073b601679746d2048f882245},
  year = {2026}
}

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Background: The global food system is driving both the climate crisis and the growing burden of noncommunicable disease. International research has highlighted the climate and health co-benefit opportunity inherent in widespread uptake of plant-based diets. Nevertheless, uncertainty remains as to what constitutes healthy and climate-friendly eating patterns in specific world regions. Objectives: Using New Zealand as a case study, this research investigates the extent to which potential contextual differences may affect the local applicability of international trends. It further examines the potential for demand-end avenues to support a transition toward a healthier, more climate-friendly food system in New Zealand. Methods: A New Zealand-specific life-cycle assessment (LCA) database was developed by modifying cradle to point-of-sale reference emissions estimates according to the New Zealand context. This food emissions database, together with a New Zealand-specific multistate life-table model, was then used to estimate climate, health, and health system cost impacts associated with shifting current consumption to align with dietary scenarios that conform to the New Zealand dietary guidelines (NZDGs). Results: Whole plant foods, including vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains were substantially less climate-polluting (1.2-1.8 kgCO2e/kg) than animal-based foods, particularly red and processed meats (12-21 kgCO2e/kg). Shifting population-level consumption to align with the NZDGs would confer diet-related emissions savings of 4-42%, depending on the degree of dietary change and food waste minimization pursued. NZDG-abiding dietary scenarios, when modeled out over the lifetime of the current New Zealand population, would also confer large health gains (1.0-1.5 million quality-adjusted life-years) and health care system cost savings (NZ$14-20 billion). Discussion: Guideline-abiding dietary scenarios, particularly those that prioritize plant-based foods, have the potential to confer substantial climate and health gains. This research shows that major contextual differences specific to New Zealand's food system do not appear to cause notable deviation from global trends, reinforcing recent international research. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP5996.

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Pubblicazione: Environmental health perspectives, 2020 (prima pubblicazione 2020-01-22).
Identificativi: PMID 31967488 · PMCID PMC7015541 · DOI 10.1289/ehp5996.
Descrittori MeSH principali: Health Status.
Pagina: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/31967488 — https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp5996. Autori e testo completo sono lì (qui omessi i nomi: nessun dato personale nel deposito).
Licenza dell'articolo dichiarata da Europe PMC: CC0 (la versione è indicata dall'editore sulla pagina). Abstract riportato senza modifiche al contenuto, con attribuzione; deposito marcato CC0.
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