Challenges in assessing the environmental consequences of dietary changes

Stefano Cucurachi; Yi Yang; Joseph D. Bergesen; Yuwei Qin; Sangwon Suh

doi:10.1007/s10669-016-9589-2

Challenges in assessing the environmental consequences of dietary changes

Stefano Cucurachi, Yi Yang, Joseph D. Bergesen, Yuwei Qin, Sangwon Suh

Ecology, Evolution and Behavior

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Abstract

Tom et al. (Environ Syst Decis 1–12, 2015) compared the energy requirements, water footprint, and greenhouse gas emissions of diet regimens recently recommended by the US Department of Agriculture. This editorial comments on a number of challenges related to the use of the results of life-cycle assessment studies to quantify the environmental impacts of dietary shifts.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	217-219
Number of pages	3
Journal	Environment Systems and Decisions
Volume	36
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-016-9589-2
State	Published - Jun 1 2016

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This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the grant numbers, 1360445 (JB, SS) and 1331438 (YI), and by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the STAR Grant, No. 83557901 (SC, YQ, SS).

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© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Keywords

Dietary change
Life cycle assessment
Marginal impact
Meta-analysis

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