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Sustainable healthy diets: guiding principles [1]

Considering the detrimental environmental impact of current food systems, and the concerns raised about their sustainability, there is an urgent need to promote diets that are healthy and have low environmental impacts. These diets also need to be socio-culturally acceptable and economically accessible for all. Acknowledging the existence of diverging views on the concepts of sustainable diets and healthy diets, countries have requested guidance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on what constitutes sustainable healthy diets. These guiding principles take a holistic approach to diets; they consider international nutrition recommendations; the environmental cost of food production and consumption; and the adaptability to local social, cultural and economic contexts. This publication aims to support the efforts of countries as they work to transform food systems to deliver on sustainable healthy diets, contributing to the achievement.
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Publication Date: 
01/10/2019
FAO [3]
Tags:
Health [4], Food Safety [5], Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [6], Nutrition [7]
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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/Sustainable healthy diets.pdf
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sustainable-development-goals-sdgs
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition