Environmental impacts of dietary recommendations and dietary styles: Germany as an example

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 877-888

  Meier, Toni ^a   Christen, Olaf ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUE WATER; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD LOSS; TECHNICAL IMPROVEMENT; VEGETARIAN DIET;

NUTRITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIA; CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CHAIN; GENDER ISSUE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; GERMANY; HUMAN; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MEAT; NUTRITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

AMMONIA; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; GERMANY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY;

GERMANY;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84872537184     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302152v     Document Type: Article

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