Evaluating the environmental impacts of dietary recommendations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 51, 2017, Pages 13412-13417

  Behrens, Paul ^a   Kiefte De Jong, Jessica C ^a,b   Bosker, Thijs ^a   Rodrigues, João F D ^a   De Koning, Arjan ^a   Tukker, Arnold ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary change; Environmental impacts; MRIO; Sustainable diets

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; HIGHEST INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES;

EID: 85038611233     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711889114     Document Type: Article

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