Global food systems transitions have enabled affordable diets but had less favourable outcomes for nutrition, environmental health, inclusion and equity

R Ambikapathi, KR Schneider, B Davis, M Herrero… - Nature Food, 2022 - nature.com
Over the past 50 years, food systems worldwide have shifted from predominantly rural to
industrialized and consolidated systems, with impacts on diets, nutrition and health …

Transforming wasted food will require systemic and sustainable infrastructure innovations

CW Babbitt, RA Neff, BE Roe, S Siddiqui… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Currently, 40% of food produced in the US is never eaten, leading to lost resources,
economic costs, decreased food security, and the wasted food itself, which has immense …

Low-carbon diets can reduce global ecological and health costs

E Lucas, M Guo, G Guillén-Gosálbez - Nature Food, 2023 - nature.com
Potential external cost savings associated with the reduction of animal-sourced foods
remain poorly understood. Here we combine life cycle assessment principles and …

Measurement of diets that are healthy, environmentally sustainable, affordable, and equitable: a scoping review of metrics, findings, and research gaps

P Webb, K Livingston Staffier, H Lee, B Howell… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Research on the impacts of dietary patterns on human and planetary health is a
rapidly growing field. A wide range of metrics, datasets, and analytical techniques has been …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions, cost, and diet quality of specific diet patterns in the United States

Z Conrad, A Drewnowski, MA Belury… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Major policy agendas are calling for accelerated investment in research that
addresses the impact of diet patterns on multiple domains of sustainability. Objectives To …

Forced labour risk is pervasive in the US land-based food supply

NT Blackstone, E Rodríguez-Huerta, K Battaglia… - Nature food, 2023 - nature.com
Social risk assessments and case studies of labour conditions in food production primarily
focus on specific subpopulations, regions and commodities. To date, research has not …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption and transferability of joint interventions to fight modern slavery in food supply chains

N Kunz, T Chesney, A Trautrims, S Gold - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
More than 50 million people in the world are estimated to be in a situation of modern slavery,
the most extreme form of labour exploitation. Many of them are working in sectors such as …

[HTML][HTML] Social footprint of European food production and consumption

L Mancini, A Valente, GB Vignola, ES Mengual… - Sustainable Production …, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition towards more sustainable food systems is one of the great challenges at
global level. While environmental considerations have been widely explored, the social …

Greater adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is associated with lower diet-related greenhouse gas emissions but higher costs

Z Conrad, A Drewnowski, DC Love - Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Few studies have evaluated the sustainability of popular diet patterns in the US,
which limits policy action and impedes consumer efficacy to make sustainable dietary …

Digital innovations for monitoring sustainability in food systems

EM Meemken, I Becker-Reshef, L Klerkx… - Nature Food, 2024 - nature.com
Monitoring systems that incentivize, track and verify compliance with social and
environmental standards are widespread in food systems. In particular, digital monitoring …