Energy and nutrient density of foods in relation to their carbon footprint

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 184-191

  Drewnowski, Adam ^a,b   Rehm, Colin D ^a   Martin, Agnes ^d   Verger, Eric O ^b,c,d,e   Voinnesson, Marc ^f   Imbert, Philippe ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d DANONE RESEARCH   (France)

^e AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^f Groupe Casino   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Diet; Energy density; France; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs); Nutrient density

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SUGAR; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CALORIC DENSITY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PROCESSED MEAT; VEGETABLE; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRANCE; FRUIT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; SUGAR INTAKE;

ANIMALIA;

ALGORITHMS; CANDY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CEREALS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD, PRESERVED; FRANCE; FROZEN FOODS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEAT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIVE VALUE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84919683696     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.092486     Document Type: Article

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