A planet-first diet can feed the world by 2050 while improving the environment, new scientific analysis finds
The Eat-Lancet Commission says limiting meat to three weekly portions could cut food system emissions by over 50% and prevent 15 million premature deaths annually.
- The 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission reported that adopting a "Planetary Health Diet" could save 15 million lives each year and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
- The diet includes more fruits and vegetables while recommending limited meat and dairy consumption, and could prevent a 27% reduction in premature deaths globally.
- The commission highlighted that the wealthiest 30% of the global population are responsible for 70% of environmental pressures caused by food systems.
- Experts called for government action to promote healthy eating and reduce processed food consumption to align global food systems with sustainability goals.
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Global food is produced in sufficient quantities to feed the world's population, but about 3.7 billion people, equivalent to almost half of the 8 billion in the world, do not have safe access to healthy food, a clean environment or a decent wage. And Planetary Health Diet (Phd), which favours natural plant foods and moderate consumption of animal products such as meat and dairy products, could not only feed the world's population, but also preve…
The EAT-Lancet commission, a group of leading experts in agriculture, climate, economics, health and nutrition from more than 35 countries on six continents, published on Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet the conclusions of a report in which they warn that food production is "overcoming the planetary limits" and in particular, meat consumption should be reduced to three portions a week.The text proposes a diet based mainly on fruits and…
Scientists: Fix Food Systems To Avert 15 Million Deaths Annually
Scientists say transforming global food systems could prevent 15 million deaths a year and cut agricultural emissions by 15 percent, the EAT-Lancet Commission report finds. The review links diets, farming, biodiversity and labor to human and planetary health and concludes that a shift to healthier plant-based diets is essential to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The new @eatforum report is clear: a healthier, more sustainable future m…
Much less meat and more whole grains, vegetables, fruits, and legumes. In the journal The Lancet, scientists outline the ideal diet...
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