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Health & Sustainability Framework for Population Diet Change

IGD

2025

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Summary

This IGD document, published in 2025, presents a structured framework for evaluating population-level dietary change through a dual lens of human health and environmental sustainability. It is likely intended for use by food industry, public health and policy stakeholders seeking common metrics and methodologies to track dietary transition. The framework appears to offer a demand-side tool that can align industry action with public health and sustainability goals, though as an industry-produced document its findings and recommendations should be interpreted in that context.

UK applicability

The framework is produced by IGD, a UK-based food and grocery industry body, and is directly applicable to UK food system stakeholders, retailers and public health policy contexts. It may complement existing UK government dietary guidance and sustainability commitments, providing an industry-backed measurement approach for demand-side diet change.

Key measures

Diet quality indicators; environmental sustainability metrics; population dietary patterns; health outcome proxies

Outcomes reported

The framework sets out recommended concepts, methods and indicators for assessing the health and environmental sustainability impacts of dietary change at population level. It is intended to guide stakeholders in monitoring and evaluating progress towards healthier, more sustainable diets.

Theme
Measurement & metrics
Subject
Dietary sustainability & population health metrics
Study type
Guideline
Study design
Policy report
Source type
Industry/policy report
Status
Published
Geography
UK
System type
Food supply chain
Catalogue ID
XL0256

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