2.Sustainable healthy diet Flashcards
What is a sustainable diet?
UN FAO: diets with low environmental impact which contributes to nutrition security and healthy life. protective for the ecosystems culturally accettable economically fair and affordable nutritionally adequate
What a sustainable diet consider?
nutrition, environment, economic, ethics socety,
Is climate changing affecting global food availability?
warm temperatures and changing rainfall patterns reduce global food production by 20% in 2050
Describe Double pyramids
frutta, farine-pane ecc, grassi e latte, pesce e carne, dolci (per food)
frutta- pane-grassi-carne e pesce (environment)
Describe the trend for the protein uptake
people are consuming more animal based proteins
why animal based food are bad for environment?
more resource intensive and environmentally impactful
MORE LAND
MORE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
7 points of a sustainable food
- eat better and less meat and dairy products
- buy local seasonal and envairomentally firendly food
- choose fairtrade certified food
- select fish from sustainable sources certified by Marine Stewardship council
- getting the balance right ( less sugar, fat and salt)
- growing our own and taking the rest from wide range of shops
- aiming to be waste-free
three main food paradoxes
- Food access and excess (abbiamo cibo per tutti ma ancora nel mondo ci sono 800 milioni dipersone che nn hanno abbastanza cibo e 2 billion persone obese)
- Use of natural resources
- food waste
solution of 1 paradox
improve agricoltural, industrial and comemrcial policies
- rethinking the use of natural resources
- manage volatiliuty of prices (fair work conditions…)
- promote lifestile that promote better food sustainability
- invest in food education
second paradox
dobbiamo nutrire persone, animali o cars?
40% delle riserve dei cerali sono impiegate per produrre fuel
solution to second paradox?
- improve efficiency with which natural resources are used
- conserving, protecting ad improving natural resources
- proposing new agricoltural method which protect equality in social areas
- focusing on resialiance of people
- implementing policies to boost sustainability of agro food systems
third paradox?
we waste 1/3 of food we prpoduce
la quantità di cibo buttato è 4 volte tanto alla quantità di cibo che servirebbe per far mangiare tt le persone malnutrite
solution to 3 paradox
- agree to shared definition of food loss and waste.
- policies to reduce the waste identifing il probelma alla radice
- positive contribution of long-term cooperation of food supplychain
- support awarness raising initiatives
What is food waste and food losses?
food waste: from production to consumption
in industrialed countries is just food waste that is still ok to eat
in developng countries is food waste during production or processing
food losses: waste of resources, like water, land, energy…
what is a zero waste?
- to send nothing to landfill
- pass into a circular economy