@article{10902/20914,
year = {2020},
month = {9},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/20914},
abstract = {This study assesses the environmental impacts associated with current regional-average diets in Spain, and it evaluates the environmental benefits of adopting a diet based on the National Dietary Guidelines (NDG). To establish a fair method for diets' comparison among the different regions, a novel functional unit (FU), that considers both the nutritional and the socio-economic dimensions, was developed. Diets in north-western regions have larger impacts due to the high caloric energy and ruminant meat intake, as well as for being less affordable. The adoption of the NDG-based diet can potentially reduce the environmental impacts (GHG emissions, blue water footprint and land use) between 15 and 60% of current regional eating patterns. This study highlights the importance of properly selecting the FU, and integrating the concept of food affordability within the FU in diet LCAs.},
organization = {This study is part of the Ceres-Procon Project: Food production and consumption strategies for climate change mitigation (CTM2016-76176-C2-2-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 = {Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2020, 160, 104856},
title = {Food affordability and nutritional values within the functional unit of a food LCA. An application on regional diets in Spain},
author = {Batlle Bayer, Laura and Bala Gala, Alba and Albertí Bueno, Jaume and Xifré Oliva, Ramón and Aldaco García, Rubén and Fullana i Palmer, Pere},
}