• Press Release

    Jie Su, Project Assistant Professor
    Alexandros Gasparatos, Professor

Mixed diets balance nutrition and carbon footprint
A new analysis of food impacts looks at dishes rather than broad food groups

A study co-authored by Alexandros Gasparatos, Jie Su, and other collaborations in Science Advances explored nutrition and carbon emission trade-offs in the Japanese diet through a novel dish-based approach. The study found that in contrast to more restrictive diets, mixed diets offer both good health and environmental outcomes, as they can afford consumers a larger diversity of dishes that meet both nutritional requirements and have low carbon footprints. The proposed method can be used to inform, design and convey to consumers feasible and acceptable ways to develop healthy and sustainable dietary habits.

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Research title：


Mixed diets can meet nutrient requirements with lower carbon footprints

Joint Researchers：


Yin Long, Liqiao Huang, Jie Su, Yoshida Yoshikuni, Kuishuang Feng, Alexandros Gasparatos

Journal：


Science Advances
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh1077

Contact


Gasparatos Alexandros
Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/people/gasparatos-alexandros/