This study estimates the pesticide usage and freshwater ecotoxicity impacts of the current national diet and advocated EAT-Lancet diet, Mediterranean diet, and vegetarian diet. It finds that shifting toward these recommended diets, except for the EAT-Lanet diet, would lead to increased pesticide usage and associated ecotoxicity impacts.

This study shows that readiness to reduce meat consumption leads to lower diet-related greenhouse gases emissions among French consumers. 

In this study, images of living animals were placed alongside the corresponding meat-based dishes on a cafeteria menu at a British university. Analysis of 3674 meal sales revealed odds of selecting a vegetarian meal 22% higher during the intervention (vs. baseline) period. The present findings provide behavioral evidence that visual cues linking meat to its animal origins can influence real-world food choices. 

Health journalist, Julia Belluz, and nutrition and metabolism scientist, Kevin Hall, discuss the myths about nutrition to deliver a comprehensive book on food, diet, metabolism and healthy eating.

This book claims to help eaters navigate wide-ranging, confusing and contradictory advice over healthy and sustainable diets. It claims to minimize misuse of goodwill by providing scientifically untrained readers with the tools to make the best choices for themselves and the planet.  

This study integrated nutrition in the assessment of environmental sustainability in 559 food products across various categories. The researchers argue that the results demonstrate the model’s effectiveness in appraising food products based on environmental performance and nutrient composition.

After five decades in the field of nutrition, Dr. Marion Nestle thought she had seen it all. Then came “Make America Healthy Again.”

A leaked document shows that vested interests may have been behind a “mud-slinging” PR campaign to discredit a landmark environment study, the Eat Lancet study in 2019, according to an investigation in the Guardian and DeSmog. 

Researchers built a dataset providing the energy, nutritional and monetary cost of 20 food categories in France, and contrasted it with the environmental impacts. Legumes, potatoes and whole grains were less expensive and less impactful whereas meats were most impactful and expensive. Dairy and eggs had intermediate costs and impact.