Define what sustainable diet means

FAO Sustainable Diets, International Scientific Symposium, Rome, November 3-5, 2010:

"Sustainable Diets are those diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future generations. Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosystems, culturally acceptable, accessible, economically fair and affordable; nutritionally adequate, safe and healthy; while optimizing natural and human resources."


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Agriculture, food and land use »Agriculture, food and land use
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Improving Diet and Nutrition »Improving Diet and Nutrition
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2. How to shift to sustainable, healthy diets »2. How to shift to sustainable, healthy diets
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Define what sustainable diet means
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Food is a source of pleasure as well as survival »Food is a source of pleasure as well as survival
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Is it possible to define a single sustainable diet globally? »Is it possible to define a single sustainable diet globally?
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Should food be a human right? »Should food be a human right?
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A nutrition-driven value chain »A nutrition-driven value chain
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Involve a greater biodiversity of food types »Involve a greater biodiversity of food types
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Needs not wants as food system’s drivers »Needs not wants as food system’s drivers
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Reduce meat consumption as proportion of total diet »Reduce meat consumption as proportion of total diet
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Establish an Intergovernmental Panel on Sustainable Diet »Establish an Intergovernmental Panel on Sustainable Diet
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