Environmental nutrition : connecting health and nutrition with environmentally sustainable diets / edited by Joan Sabaté.

London : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, [2019]

xix, 334 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Part 1. Introduction -- 1. The diet, health, and environment trilemma / Irana W. Hawkins -- Introduction -- The increased use of natural resources -- Planetary boundaries -- Health and food systems: From infectious disease to chronic disease -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 2. Food systems: Description and trends / Christopher Wharton -- Introduction -- Ancient agriculture -- Traditional agriculture -- Modern agriculture -- Industrial agriculture -- Sustainable food systems and the future -- Globalized food system -- Conclusions -- References -- 3. The environmental nutrition model / Joan Sabate -- Introduction -- The background of industrial agriculture -- Basic food system model -- The environmental nutrition model -- Applications of the model -- Organization of the following book chapters -- References -- Further reading -- Part 2 Global Challenges for Environmental Nutrition -- 4. Natural resource constraints on the food system / D.L. Marrin -- Introduction -- Water constraints -- Energy constraints -- Ecological constraints -- Discussion -- References -- 5. Unsustainable societal demands on the food system / Julia A. Wolfson -- Introduction -- What are the unsustainable demands placed on the food system? -- What drives unsustainable demands on the food system? -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Further reading -- 6. Food production and dietary patterns / Christopher Wharton -- Introduction -- Food systems resources inputs -- Food system resource outputs -- Food systems drivers and consequences -- Global impact of food systems -- Lifecycle assessment -- Dietary patterns, health, and equity -- Physical health -- Nutritional adequacy -- Food security and federal assistance programs -- Food waste -- Food safety -- Conclusion -- References -- 7. Environmental degradation -- An undesirable output of the food system / Harry Aiking -- Introduction -- Air -- Greenhouse gases -- Water -- Nitrogen and phosphorus -- Soil -- Quality issues -- Biota -- Pesticides and microbes -- Biota -- Genes and biodiversity -- Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Part 3 Tools and Approaches -- 8. Environmental nutrition and LCA / Patrik Henriksson -- Goal and scope -- Functional unit -- System boundaries -- Life cycle inventory -- Allocation -- Life cycle impact assessment -- Interpretation -- Conclusions -- References -- Further reading -- 9. Calculating GHG impacts of meals and menus using streamlined LCA data / Stephen Clune -- Introduction -- Approach -- Food GWP hierarchy and rules of thumb -- Detailed GWP values and streamline calculations of meal plans -- Protein and developing a delicious low GWP menu -- To make headway, focus on cuisine, not ingredients -- A side about food waste -- Caution in using the results and further research -- Conclusion -- References -- Part 4 Defining Healthy and Sustainable Diets and their Potential to Address Environmental Nutrition Challenges -- 10. Determinants of sustainable diets / Tony Jehi -- Introduction -- The four determinants of a sustainable diet -- Processed versus whole foods -- Imported versus in-season -- Waste versus efficiency -- Plant versus animal foods -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. Can diets be both healthy and sustainable? Solving the dilemma between healthy diets versus sustainable diets / Marco Springmann -- Introduction -- Review of studies on sustainable diets -- A hierarchy of environmental impacts -- Health impacts of foods -- Synthesis of healthy and sustainable diets -- References -- 12. Could ecologically sound human nutrition include the consumption of animal products? / Jan Deckers -- Introduction -- Case 1 Jackie in the jungle -- Case 2 Kasana the Maasai man -- Case 3 Gary the Scot -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 13. Healthy diets as a climate change mitigation strategy / Michael Clark -- Introduction -- GHG emissions and health impacts of different foods -- Forecasts of diet-related environmental and health outcomes -- Healthy diets as climate change mitigation strategies -- Abandoned agricultural land as a potential carbon sink -- The need for other improvements in agricultural systems -- Conclusions -- References -- 14. Food policy -- Where does environmental nutrition fit in? / Trent Grassian -- Where we have been: Public policy and food -- Where we can go: The future of dietary public policy -- How it can be done?: The policy toolbox -- Conclusions -- References -- 15. Sustainable diets for a food-secure future / Raychel Santo -- Introduction -- Food availability -- Food access and utilization -- Resiliency of the food system -- Conclusion -- References -- 16. Feeding a growing population within planetary boundaries: A three-step strategy: Identifying the fierce necessity of "how?" in the fierce urgency of now / Helen Harwatt -- Background -- Climate change -- Land use change -- Loss of wildlife -- Nutrient pollution: Nitrogen and phosphorus -- Food security -- Solutions: The crucial role of animal to arable agricultural shifts -- Climate change -- Land use -- Wildlife -- Nutrient pollution -- A three-step strategy for feeding a growing population within Planetary Boundaries -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.

Includes bibliographical references and index.