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Tier 4 — Narrative / commentaryPeer-reviewed

Defining nutritional value for sustainable diets

Mayer, L. & Ruel, M.

2020

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Summary

This paper, published in Global Food Security, addresses the conceptual and methodological challenge of defining nutritional value in the context of sustainable diets. It likely reviews existing frameworks and metrics used to characterise dietary nutritional quality, critiquing their suitability for use alongside environmental sustainability criteria. The authors arguably contribute to ongoing efforts to develop coherent, operationalisable definitions that can inform food system policy and dietary guidance.

UK applicability

Whilst the paper appears global in scope, its conceptual and methodological contributions are directly applicable to UK food policy contexts, particularly efforts by bodies such as the Food Standards Agency and the National Food Strategy to develop metrics that balance nutritional quality with environmental sustainability goals.

Key measures

Nutritional value indicators; diet quality metrics; nutrient density scores; sustainability indices

Outcomes reported

The paper likely examines how nutritional value can be conceptualised and operationalised within sustainable diet frameworks, exploring metrics and indicators used to assess diet quality alongside environmental sustainability. It may propose or evaluate approaches for integrating nutrient density measures into food system assessments.

Theme
Measurement & metrics
Subject
Diet quality & nutritional metrics
Study type
Narrative Review
Study design
Narrative review
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
Global
System type
Food supply chain
Catalogue ID
XL0129

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