Towards win–win policies for healthy and sustainable diets in Switzerland

Article Article scientifique Article Towards win–win policies for healthy and sustainable diets in Switzerland eng 2020 author Ernstoff Alexi author Stylianou Katerina S. author Sahakian Marlyne 0000-0003-0196-7865 637082 author Godin Laurence 883912 author Dauriat Arnaud author Humbert Sebastien author Erkman Suren 558158 author Jolliet Olivier 2745 10.3390/nu12092745 2072-6643 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/9/2745 The first Swiss national dietary survey (MenuCH) was used to screen disease burdens and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) of Swiss diets (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, slimming), with a focus on gender and education level. The Health Nutritional Index (HENI), a novel disease burden-based nutritional index built on the Global Burden of Disease studies, was used to indicate healthiness using comparable, relative disease burden scores. Low whole grain consumption and high processed meat consumption are priority risk factors. Non-processed red meat and dairy make a nearly negligible contribution to disease burden scores, yet are key drivers of diet-related GHGs. Swiss diets, including vegetarian, ranged between 1.1–2.6 tons of CO2e/person/year, above the Swiss federal recommendation 0.6 ton CO2e/person/year for all consumption categories. This suggests that only changing food consumption practices will not suffice towards achieving carbon reduction targets: Systemic changes to food provisioning processes are also necessary. Finally, men with higher education had the highest dietary GHG emissions per gram of food, and the highest disease burden scores. Win–win policies to improve health and sustainability of Swiss diets would increase whole grain consumption for all, and decrease alcohol and processed meat consumption especially for men of higher education levels. Disease burden Diet survey Vegetarian Vegan Sustainability Climate Gender Dewey 301 Swiss National Science Foundation NRP69 Healthy nutrition and sustainable food production CH 122 Département de sociologie T4 197 Institut de recherches sociologiques TG false Nutrients 12 9 a53064d0-8af2-45ec-9bc3-499fc7751306 Article (Published version) Public Ernstoffetal2020.pdf 2460977 application/pdf CC BY openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de sociologie Faculté des sciences de la société / Institut de recherches sociologiques

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