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Dietary Challenges Related to Attainment of Sustainability Development Goals

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Climate diet; Dietary footprint; Ecological footprint; Environmental footprint; Food footprint; Planetary health diet; Plant-based diet; Sustainable diets; Sustainable eating; Western diet

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Throughout this paper, a range of terms will be used; for clarity, the definition of some of keywords is explained below. Animal products, while used interchangeably with “meat and dairy” in this report, include all animals and their by-products: meat including fish, milk, dairy products, and eggs. Although in the literature a plant-based diet is sometimes used to refer to any diets that exclude meat, this report uses the commonly accepted definition in the nutrition industry, which defines a plant-based diet as a regimen seeking to minimize all animal products. A sustainable diethas a low environmental impact, uses resources optimally, is accessible and affordable, promotes health and food security for all, supports biodiversity, protects ecosystems, and can be sustained into...

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  1. RMIT University Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Margaux Monnier-Penny

  2. Environmental Engineering, RMIT University Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Edmund Horan

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  6. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Business School, Universidade Positivo - UP, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

    Fernanda Frankenberger MSc

  2. Business School, PUCPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

    Fernanda Frankenberger MSc

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Monnier-Penny, M., Horan, E. (2020). Dietary Challenges Related to Attainment of Sustainability Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P.G., Wall, T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_61-1

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