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Why understanding food choice is crucial to transform food systems for human and planetary health

Krystal K Rampalli, Christine E. Blake, Edward A. Frongillo, Joseph P. Montoya

BMJ Global Health · 2023

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Summary

What, how and why people eat has long been understood to be important for human health, but until recently, has not been recognised as an essential facet of climate change and its effects on planetary health. The global climate change and diet-related health crises occurring are connected to food systems, food environments and consumer food choices. Calls to transform food systems for human and planetary health highlight the importance of understanding individual food choice. Understanding what, how and why people eat the way they do is crucial to successful food systems transformations that achieve both human and planetary health goals. Little is known about how food choice relates to climate. To clarify potential paths for action, we propose that individual food choice relates to climate

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010876
Catalogue ID
SNmokbvtc7-2igzwg
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