Environmental nutrition : connecting health and nutrition with environmentally sustainable diets / edited by Joan Sabaté.

Date:
[2019]
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Environmental Nutrition: Connecting Health and Nutrition with Environmentally Sustainable Diets explores the connection between diet, environmental sustainability and human health. Current food systems are a major contributor to our most pressing health and environmental issues, including climate change, water scarcity, food insecurity and chronic diseases. This book not only seeks to increase our understanding of the interrelatedness of these major global issues, but also aids in the creation of new solutions. Sections discuss the diet, the health and environment trilemma, food systems and their trends, environmental nutrition as an all-encompassing discipline, and the environmental nutrition model.

Publication/Creation

London : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]

Physical description

xix, 334 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part 1. Introduction -- 1. The diet, health, and environment trilemma / Irana W. Hawkins -- Introduction -- The increased use of natural resources -- Planetary boundaries -- Health and food systems: From infectious disease to chronic disease -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 2. Food systems: Description and trends / Christopher Wharton -- Introduction -- Ancient agriculture -- Traditional agriculture -- Modern agriculture -- Industrial agriculture -- Sustainable food systems and the future -- Globalized food system -- Conclusions -- References -- 3. The environmental nutrition model / Joan Sabate -- Introduction -- The background of industrial agriculture -- Basic food system model -- The environmental nutrition model -- Applications of the model -- Organization of the following book chapters -- References -- Further reading -- Part 2 Global Challenges for Environmental Nutrition -- 4. Natural resource constraints on the food system / D.L. Marrin -- Introduction -- Water constraints -- Energy constraints -- Ecological constraints -- Discussion -- References -- 5. Unsustainable societal demands on the food system / Julia A. Wolfson -- Introduction -- What are the unsustainable demands placed on the food system? -- What drives unsustainable demands on the food system? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- 6. Food production and dietary patterns / Christopher Wharton -- Introduction -- Food systems resources inputs -- Food system resource outputs -- Food systems drivers and consequences -- Global impact of food systems -- Lifecycle assessment -- Dietary patterns, health, and equity -- Physical health -- Nutritional adequacy -- Food security and federal assistance programs -- Food waste -- Food safety -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. Environmental degradation -- An undesirable output of the food system / Harry Aiking -- Introduction -- Air -- Greenhouse gases -- Water -- Nitrogen and phosphorus -- Soil -- Quality issues -- Biota -- Pesticides and microbes -- Biota -- Genes and biodiversity -- Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Part 3 Tools and Approaches -- 8. Environmental nutrition and LCA / Patrik Henriksson -- Goal and scope -- Functional unit -- System boundaries -- Life cycle inventory -- Allocation -- Life cycle impact assessment -- Interpretation -- Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- 9. Calculating GHG impacts of meals and menus using streamlined LCA data / Stephen Clune -- Introduction -- Approach -- Food GWP hierarchy and rules of thumb -- Detailed GWP values and streamline calculations of meal plans -- Protein and developing a delicious low GWP menu -- To make headway, focus on cuisine, not ingredients -- A side about food waste -- Caution in using the results and further research -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 4 Defining Healthy and Sustainable Diets and their Potential to Address Environmental Nutrition Challenges -- 10. Determinants of sustainable diets / Tony Jehi -- Introduction -- The four determinants of a sustainable diet -- Processed versus whole foods -- Imported versus in-season -- Waste versus efficiency -- Plant versus animal foods -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. Can diets be both healthy and sustainable? Solving the dilemma between healthy diets versus sustainable diets / Marco Springmann -- Introduction -- Review of studies on sustainable diets -- A hierarchy of environmental impacts -- Health impacts of foods -- Synthesis of healthy and sustainable diets -- References -- 12. Could ecologically sound human nutrition include the consumption of animal products? / Jan Deckers -- Introduction -- Case 1 Jackie in the jungle -- Case 2 Kasana the Maasai man -- Case 3 Gary the Scot -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13. Healthy diets as a climate change mitigation strategy / Michael Clark -- Introduction -- GHG emissions and health impacts of different foods -- Forecasts of diet-related environmental and health outcomes -- Healthy diets as climate change mitigation strategies -- Abandoned agricultural land as a potential carbon sink -- The need for other improvements in agricultural systems -- Conclusions -- References -- 14. Food policy -- Where does environmental nutrition fit in? / Trent Grassian -- Where we have been: Public policy and food -- Where we can go: The future of dietary public policy -- How it can be done?: The policy toolbox -- Conclusions -- References -- 15. Sustainable diets for a food-secure future / Raychel Santo -- Introduction -- Food availability -- Food access and utilization -- Resiliency of the food system -- Conclusion -- References -- 16. Feeding a growing population within planetary boundaries: A three-step strategy: Identifying the fierce necessity of "how?" in the fierce urgency of now / Helen Harwatt -- Background -- Climate change -- Land use change -- Loss of wildlife -- Nutrient pollution: Nitrogen and phosphorus -- Food security -- Solutions: The crucial role of animal to arable agricultural shifts -- Climate change -- Land use -- Wildlife -- Nutrient pollution -- A three-step strategy for feeding a growing population within Planetary Boundaries -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.

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  • 9780128116609
  • 0128116609