HLTH355 Quiz: Week 6-reading 1 -plant based guidelines
6 Nov 2016
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Week 6 reading 1 plates, pyramids, planets. One important step that governments can take to signal their commitment to a more sustainable and healthy future, is to develop and disseminate food based dietary guidelines (fbdg) Sustainable agriculture is the production of food, fiber, or other plant or animal products using farming techniques that protect the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare. All countries highlight that a largely plant-based diet has advantages for health and for the environment. Sweden is notable in additionally providing more detailed advice on which plant based foods are to be preferred, recommending for example root vegetables over salad greens. Fish is presented as the main area where health-environment trade-offs arise, but advice is nevertheless given to continue to consume in quantities consistent with health recommendations. It is also notable that the development of dietary guidelines both those that incorporate sustainability and those that do not is led by the ministry of health.
