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Data

Year of publication

2020

Type

Quantitative

Design

Literature Review

Classification

NOVA

Country studied

Global

Data

Secondary

Data Collected

Literature, database

Study setting

Online

Age group of participant

N/A

Participant sex

N/A

Target population

N/A

Sample size

N/A

How to protect both health and food system sustainability? A holistic ‘global health’-based approach via the 3V rule proposal

Goal

Generic diet to protect human health and food system sustainability based on three dimensions: animal:plant ratio, degree of food processing and food diversity.

Results

Based on traditional and scientifically based healthy diets, and on foresight scenarios for sustainable diets at horizon 2050, a median daily animal energy content intake of 15 % was found to be protective towards both human health and environment. Based on epidemiological studies associating ultra-processed energy consumption with increased overweight/obesity risk, a precautionary threshold of approximately 15 % ultra-processed energy content was observed. The French diet allows addressing all nutritional needs and other nutritional indicators such as maximum salt and simple sugar consumption, _-linolenic acid:linoleic acid ratio and essential amino acids. This diet was named the ‘3V rule’ for Végétal (plant), Vrai (real) and Varié (varied, if possible organic, local and seasonal). This generic diet can be adapted according to regional traditions and environmental characteristics. Excluding only one dimension of it would threaten both health and food system sustainability.

Authors

Fardet A, Rock E.

Journal

Public Health Nutrition

DOI

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