Shifting Food Systems: Increasing Well-Being Through Plant-Based Approaches

Kathleen M Kevany; Gene Baur; George C Wang

doi:10.1016/j.explore.2018.04.012

Shifting Food Systems: Increasing Well-Being Through Plant-Based Approaches

Explore (NY). 2018 Nov;14(6):435-442. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2018.04.012. Epub 2018 Aug 21.

Authors

Kathleen M Kevany¹, Gene Baur², George C Wang³

Affiliations

¹ Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture, Business and Social Sciences, Nova Scotia, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Health, Behavior and Society, Farm Sanctuary, Watkins Glen, NY, United States.
³ Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

PMID: 30243951
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2018.04.012

Abstract

Growing evidence reveals food production systems and consumption practices contradict goals for environmental well-being and population health. This interdisciplinary paper reviews research for impacts from diets on non-communicable human diseases, climate change, and animal well-being. With increasing pressures to innovate and reduce economic as well as emotional costs associated with ill-health, our recommendations could positively impact policy.

Keywords: Environmental sustainability; Ethical food; Food systems; Plant-based diets; Preventative health; Well-being.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Climate Change
Conservation of Natural Resources*
Diet*
Food Supply*
Humans
Noncommunicable Diseases
Plants*
Policy
Population Health*