Sustainability of plant-based diets: Back to the future

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Sabaté, Joan ^a   Soret, Sam ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCT; CATERING SERVICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEAT; PLANT BASED DIET; PLANT PRODUCT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; VEGETARIAN DIET;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS;

EID: 84903853228     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.071522     Document Type: Conference Paper

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