@article{10902/15469,
year = {2019},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/15469},
abstract = {This study assesses the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and the nutritional quality of the current food consumption and losses of an average Spanish citizen, and compares them with two alternative diets: one following the Spanish dietary guidelines (The NAOS Strategy; NAOS), and another one based on the Mediterranean (MED) diet. The diet-related GHG emissions of current eating patterns would be reduced by 17% and 11%, when shifting to the NAOS and MED diets, respectively, and even more (42% and 35%) when diets' nutritional qualities are considered within the functional unit. In addition, food losses contribute 21% to diet's emissions. Our results suggest that national dietary guidelines (NDGs) can be a good policy tool, not only to lead to a healthier condition, but also to promote a shift towards a lower-carbon diets. Finally, it is recommended that life cycle-based indicators are added within the NDGs, to better communicate the environmental impacts of dietary choices, and ultimately enhance knowledge and awareness of consumers.},
organization = {This research study is carried out as part of the Ceres-Procon Project: Food production and consumption strategies for climate change  mitigation (CTM2016-76176-C2-1-R) (AEI/FEDER, UE), financed by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which aims to determine strategies to improve the sustainability of current food production and consumption.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 213, 588-598},
title = {The Spanish Dietary Guidelines: A potential tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of current dietary patterns},
author = {Batlle Bayer, Laura and Bala Gala, Alba and García Herrero, María Isabel and Lemaire, Elodie and Song, Guobao and Aldaco García, Rubén and Fullana i Palmer, Pere},
}