A new briefing paper calls for more to be done to promote the key health and sustainability message that we need to reduce meat and dairy consumption and eat more plant-based foods.
Sustain member Eating Better has teamed up with the health professionals' organisation Medact to produce this report, which makes the case for extending dietary advice to include environmental as well as health considerations.
It argues that shifting towards predominantly plant-based diets needs to be a priority among high-consuming countries, such as the UK, in order to meet the international Paris agreement on climate change to keep global temperature rise below 2 degrees C. The health case for promoting diets that are richer in plant foods is solid, and is increasingly finding space in the food guidelines of EU countries.
Read the full briefing here. Find out more about Sustain's campaigning work for a healthier and greener food system here.
Published Friday 10 March 2017
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