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Understanding the Political Challenge of Red and Processed Meat Reduction for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems: A Narrative Review of the Literature

Sievert, Kate, Lawrence, Mark, Parker, C and Baker, Phillip 2021, Understanding the Political Challenge of Red and Processed Meat Reduction for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems: A Narrative Review of the Literature, International journal of health policy and management, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 793-808, doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.238.

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Title Understanding the Political Challenge of Red and Processed Meat Reduction for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems: A Narrative Review of the Literature
Author(s) Sievert, KateORCID iD for Sievert, Kate orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-8034
Lawrence, MarkORCID iD for Lawrence, Mark orcid.org/0000-0001-6899-3983
Parker, C
Baker, PhillipORCID iD for Baker, Phillip orcid.org/0000-0002-0802-2349
Journal name International journal of health policy and management
Volume number 10
Issue number 12
Start page 793
End page 808
Total pages 16
Publisher KERMAN UNIV MEDICAL SCIENCES
Place of publication Iran
Publication date 2021-12-01
ISSN 2322-5939
2322-5939
Keyword(s) Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Policy & Services
Red Meat
Processed Meat
Political Challenge
Environmental Sustainability
Food Systems
GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS
CLIMATE-CHANGE
ANIMAL-WELFARE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES
DAIRY CONSUMPTION
CONSUMER SEGMENTS
LIVESTOCK SECTOR
TRADE-POLICY
LAND-USE
BEEF
Summary Background: Diets high in red and processed meat (RPM) contribute substantially to environmental degradation, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the global burden of chronic disease. Recent high-profile reports from international expert bodies have called for a significant reduction in global dietary meat intake, particularly RPM, especially in high-income settings, while acknowledging the importance of animal-sourced foods to population nutrition in many lower-income countries. However, this presents a major yet under-investigated political challenge given strong cultural preferences for meat and the economic importance and power of the meat industry. Methods: A theoretically-guided narrative review was undertaken. The theoretical framework used to guide the review considered the interests, ideas and institutions that constitute food systems in relation to meat reduction; and the instrumental, discursive and structural forms of power that actors deploy in relation to others within the food system. Results: High production and consumption levels of RPM are promoted and sustained by a number of factors. Actors with an interest in RPM included business and industry groups, governments, intergovernmental organisations, and civil society. Asymmetries of power between these actors exist, with institutional barriers recognised in the form of government-industry dependence, trade agreement conflicts, and policy incoherence. Industry lobbying, shaping of evidence and knowledge, and highly concentrated markets are key issues. Furthermore, prevailing ideologies like carnism and neoliberalism present embedded difficulties for RPM reduction. The literature noted the power of actors to resist meat reduction efforts exists in varying forms, including the use of lobbying, shaping of evidence and knowledge, and highly concentrated markets. Conclusion: There are a number of political challenges related to RPM reduction that contribute to policy inertia, and hence are likely to impede the transformation of food systems. Research on policy efforts to reduce RPM production and consumption should incorporate the role of power and political feasibility.
Language eng
DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.238
Field of Research 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Free to Read? Yes
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30147049

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: Faculty of Health
School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition
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