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DOI	10.1007/s10584-020-02816-0
	Evaluating the Portuguese diet in the pursuit of a lower carbon and healthier consumption pattern
	Esteve-Llorens X.; Dias A.C.; Moreira M.T.; Feijoo G.; González-García S.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0165-0009
起始页码	2397
结束页码	2409
卷号	162 期号:4
英文摘要	There is growing concern about the nutritional quality and the environmental impact of the food we eat. Although the population is increasingly aware of adhering to diets that meet these requirements, the reality is that current dietary patterns deviate greatly from these recommendations. In the case of Portugal, the Mediterranean and Atlantic diets have traditionally coexisted in the country but it is predictable that current consumption patterns do not conform to them. Accordingly, the present research has a dual objective, taking the Portuguese dietary pattern as a case study. First, sustainability in terms of environmental and health impacts is monitored over a 9-year period (2008–2016), including the stages of production, distribution, and household activities. Secondly, an example of alternative diet is proposed in the pursuit of a more sustainable dietary pattern. The carbon footprint from a life cycle perspective has been selected for the environmental impact assessment and the Nutrient Rich Diet 9.3 index for the analysis of the nutritional quality. An average value of 4.20 kg CO2 eq·inhabitant−1·day−1 is reported for the Portuguese diet for the period under study. Regarding the alternative diet proposal, it leads to an increase of the nutritional quality of around 67%, and a reduction of the carbon footprint by approximately 25%, approaching the values of recommended diets such as the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ones. This research can serve as a reference for decision-makers, as well as to provide consumers with a clearer picture of what should be included in their food basket. © 2020, Springer Nature B.V.
英文关键词	Carbon footprint; Consumption patterns; LCA; Nutritional quality; Sustainable diet
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Artificial life; Carbon footprint; Decision making; Emission control; Environmental impact assessments; Life cycle; Sustainable development; Average values; Consumption patterns; Current consumption; Decision makers; Dietary patterns; Household activities; Life cycle perspectives; Nutritional qualities; Nutrition; carbon dioxide; carbon footprint; diet; emission control; environmental impact assessment; health impact; life cycle; nutritional status; sustainability; Atlantic Ocean; Mediterranean Sea; Portugal
来源期刊	Climatic Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/147015
作者单位	CRETUS Institute, Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15782, Spain; Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Environment and Planning, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Esteve-Llorens X.,Dias A.C.,Moreira M.T.,et al. Evaluating the Portuguese diet in the pursuit of a lower carbon and healthier consumption pattern[J],2020,162(4).
APA	Esteve-Llorens X.,Dias A.C.,Moreira M.T.,Feijoo G.,&González-García S..(2020).Evaluating the Portuguese diet in the pursuit of a lower carbon and healthier consumption pattern.Climatic Change,162(4).
MLA	Esteve-Llorens X.,et al."Evaluating the Portuguese diet in the pursuit of a lower carbon and healthier consumption pattern".Climatic Change 162.4(2020).