Designing Lifestyle-specific Food Policies Based on Nutritional Requirements and Ecological Footprints.
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2013
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Expanded understanding of the trends and determinants of food consumption is needed to reduce the ecological impacts of the contemporary agro-food system while also being attentive to broader issues pertaining to health and the environment. Incorporating these additional aspects and formulating meaningful dietary recommendations is a major challenge. This article seeks to highlight differences in ecological footprint (EF) by activity level for various so-cial groups to meet suggested physiological requirements by nutritionists versus actual food consumption. The study is based on a combination of healthy diet requirements (as expressed by national guidelines) and a survey of a repre-sentative sample of 1,013 Hungarian adults using a bottom-up approach for calculating EFs. Students and women with small children have a higher than average food-related EF due to their higher nutritional needs. At the same time, the elderly are characterized by lower footprints. Perhaps most interesting is our finding that people with seden-tary forms of employment have higher food footprints than those with jobs that require physical labor. We offer rec-ommendations for food-policy planning based on encouraging dietary changes for individuals, differentiated by the nature of their work. The research suggests that dietary policy that improves health often has environmental benefits. |
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http://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/1444/1/1205-023.mozner.pdf Vetőné Mózner, Zsófia and Csutora, Mária (2013) Designing Lifestyle-specific Food Policies Based on Nutritional Requirements and Ecological Footprints. Sustainability: Science, Practice & Policy, 9 (2). pp. 48-59. ISSN 1548-7733 |
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http://sspp.proquest.com/static_content/vol9iss2/1205-023.mozner.pdf http://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/1444/ |
Palavras-Chave | #Ecology #Environmental economics #Agriculture |
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Article PeerReviewed |