EAT-Lancet diet; planetary health diet
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Introduction
- the EAT-Lancet Commission proposed in 2019 a healthy dietary pattern that, along with reductions in food waste & improved agricultural practices, could feed the increasing global population sustainably*
- the Planetary Health Diet Index quantifies adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet
*seems to bear resemblance to the dietary recommendations in the 1971 book by by Frances Moore Lappe 'Diet for a Small Planet'
Clinical significance
- EAT-Lancet diet EAT-Lancet lowers risk of total & cause-specific mortality & reduces environmental impacts[1]
- the planetary health diet has less emphasis on olive oil & fish consumption than the Mediterranean diet[1]
Notes
- this seems to ignore Thomas Malthus' theory[2][3] that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply & the inconvenient truth an increase global population increases the likelihood of another pandemic
- the world needs to achieve & maintain a sustainable population
- Smith is wrong[3]. Malthus does not predict population control, nor does he assume the population growth will stop at 10 billion.
- reductions in food waste, improved agricultural practices, & reductions in demand for livestock products remain good ideas
More general terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bui LP, Pham TT, Wang F et al Planetary Health Diet Index and risk of total and cause-specific mortality in three prospective cohorts. Am J Clin Nutr 2024. June 10. https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(24)00389-7/abstract
Onque R The planetary health diet may help you live a longer, healthier life, study shows - here's how it compares to the Mediterranean diet. CNBC. June 22, 2024 https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/the-planetary-health-diet-may-help-you-live-a-longer-healthier-life-study-shows-here-s-how-it-compares-to-the-mediterranean-diet/ar-BB1oHzNJ - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Meiring HJ. Thomas Robert Malthus, naturalist of the mind. Ann Sci. 2020 Oct;77(4):495-523. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33028149
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Smith P. Malthus is still wrong: we can feed a world of 9-10 billion, but only by reducing food demand. Proc Nutr Soc. 2015 Aug;74(3):187-90. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25319456 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/malthus-is-still-wrong-we-can-feed-a-world-of-910-billion-but-only-by-reducing-food-demand/E9C057BDFE4EA2E178D90719D9A23E84
- ↑ Pham NM, Huynh TLD, Nasir MA. Environmental consequences of population, affluence and technological progress for European countries: A Malthusian view. J Environ Manage. 2020 Apr 15;260:110143. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32090836
- ↑ Klyve D. Darwin, malthus, sussmilch, and euler: the ultimate origin of the motivation for the theory of natural selection. J Hist Biol. 2014 Summer;47(2):189-212. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23948780