tailieunhanh - Livewell: a balance of healthy and sustainable food choices

In January 2009 WWF-UK launched its One Planet Food programme, which aims to reduce the environmental and social impacts of food consumption in the UK. We work across the food chain to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGEs), protect biodiversity and reduce the impact of food on finite water resources. The aim has always been to move away from unsustainable food choices, towards sustainable ones that support global agriculture and biodiversity. Since 1960 the world’s population has doubled, increasing the demand for food and impacting on the climate and our ecosystems. Agriculture is one of the direct drivers in the. | vm THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PRODUCEDIN COLLABORATION WITH Rowett Institute 1 of Nutrition and Health University of Aberdeen REPORT JANUARY Climate change Conservation Sustainability Livewell a balance of healthy and sustainable food choices WWF . 50YEARS IỊỊỊỊỊỊL FDilDUISFPWi Livewell Report 2011 Livewell a balance of healthy and sustainable food choices Commissioned by WWF-UK Authors Dr Jennie Macdiarmid Dr Janet Kyle Dr Graham Horgan Mrs Jennifer Loe Miss Claire Fyfe Dr Alex Johnstone Professor Geraldine McNeill 2 Livewell Report 2011 CONTENTS FOREWORD 5 EXECUTIVESUMMARY 8 KEYPOINTS 10 1. BACKGROUND 11 2. PROJECTBRIEF 12 3. THE DIET OF THE UK POP ULATION 14 Dietary intakes in the UK 14 Comparison of the UK diet with the Eatwell plate 17 Greenhouse gas emissions from the UK diet 23 4. Greenhouse gas emission targets for 2020 and 2050 27 Food-related greenhouse gas emission targets for 2020 and 2050 27 Methodology Linear programming to optimise the diets to meet dietary recommendations and minimise greenhouse gas emissions 28 5. Livewell 2020 healthy and sustainable diet for 2020 30 Livewell 2020 diet 31 Livewell 2020 plate 37 Transferability of Livewell 2020 to other populations and cultures 43 6. Diets for 2050 40 7. Summary 41