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Towards healthy and sustainable food consumption: an Australian case study Friel, Sharon, Barosh, Lauren and Lawrence, Mark 2014, Towards healthy and sustainable food consumption: an Australian case study, Public health nutrition, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1156-1166. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Towards healthy and sustainable food consumption: an Australian case study Author(s) Friel, Sharon Barosh, Lauren Lawrence, Mark Journal name Public health nutrition Volume number 17 Issue number 5 Start page 1156 End page 1166 Total pages 11 Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of publication Cambridge, England Publication date 2014 ISSN 1368-9800 Keyword(s) Environmental sustainability Dietary choice Food systems Food security Food policy Health policy Summary Objective To articulate a healthy and sustainable (H&S) diet; outline key health and environmental sustainability principles that can be applied in the selection of foods for inclusion in such a diet; and describe a methodology with which to assess the availability and affordability of a H&S food basket. Design We synthesized publically available evidence on the environmental impact of different foods from academic, government, industry and non-government sources and constructed a hypothetical H&S equivalent of the typical Australian diet. Based on this, we constructed a weekly H&S food basket for a household of two adults and two children. Setting Australia. Subjects Australian populations. Results The H&S diet is based on three overarching principles: (i) any food that is consumed above a person's energy requirement represents an avoidable environmental burden in the form of greenhouse gas emissions, use of natural resources and pressure on biodiversity; (ii) reducing the consumption of discretionary food choices, which are energy-dense and highly processed and packaged, reduces both the risk of dietary imbalances and the use of environmental resources; and (iii) a diet comprising less animal- and more plant-derived foods delivers both health and ecological benefits. Conclusions We have focused on the articulation of a H&S diet not to facilitate ‘policy drift’ to focus on individual dietary choice, but rather to provide evidence to extend dietary guideline recommendations so as to integrate environmental considerations within the scope of food and health policy advice in Australia and elsewhere. Language eng Field of Research 111101 Clinical and Sports Nutrition 050101 Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Socio Economic Objective 960504 Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Environments HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Restricted until 2015-05 Copyright notice ©2013, Cambridge University Press Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30053037 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Population Health Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 19 Jun 2013, 14:30:34 EST Wed, 19 Jun 2013, 15:37:08 EST Thu, 20 Jun 2013, 14:00:32 EST Mon, 12 Aug 2013, 14:13:16 EST Tue, 05 Nov 2013, 10:38:21 EST Thu, 28 Nov 2013, 10:33:51 EST Fri, 14 Feb 2014, 12:22:49 EST Thu, 17 Apr 2014, 15:07:58 EST Thu, 17 Apr 2014, 15:12:46 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 41 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 19 Jun 2013, 14:30:19 EST by Mark Lawrence

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