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HCN Briefing 1. How are climate, health and diet connected? Current food systems, and particularly industrial production methods, are driving global trends towards poor diet and related diseases, climate-damaging environmental impacts, and reduced health and economic outputs. Food systems produce between 20–35% of global emissions1.
food security and human health while reducing environmental impacts. In a world where climate change, biodiversity loss, food security, and diet-related illnesses are major concerns, changing diets may be one of the single most effective things we can do to build a better future. And this study is a powerful reminder of how we can do it.
HEALTHY DIETS FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET The ideal diet should be nutritious without threatening natural resources. Researchers are trying to decide what’s best for countries from Kenya to...
In order to be healthy for people and planet, a safe and healthy diet should also be sustainably produced and consumed. The agricultural and food production system has direct impacts on the environment.
Posted on October, 09 2020. WWF today launches Planet-Based Diets, a new approach to food that can help ensure a healthy planet and healthy people alike. The initiative provides a global framework as well as a country-level customised platform to help accelerate the adoption of healthy and sustainable diets at the national and individual level.
KEY FACTS. A healthy diet helps to protect against malnutrition in all its forms, as well as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer. Unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity are leading global risks to health.
Eat at least 5 portions of a variety of fruit and vegetables every day. Base meals on potatoes, bread, rice, pasta or other starchy carbohydrates; choosing wholegrain versions where possible....
