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Sustainable diets are eating patterns based on looking at the impact that food consumption has on planetary resources and attempting to create healthy eating patterns that can promote the needs of the environment, society, and the economy. This growing body of research is recognised by a variety of international bodies such as the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). With global demands for food changing due to a growing populations and increased consumption of animal protein, current production methods are contributing to severe environmental problems such as decline of biodiversity and a significant contribution to the process of global warming. Addressing consumption patterns, food waste, and intensive methods of agricultural production is seen as a major way of reducing environmental impact in the long-run. ==The problems of consumption== Some argue from an environmental perspective〔 (See: ''Livestock's Long Shadow'')〕〔http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4252e/y4252e05b.htm〕 that the developed world needs to moderate its appetite for animal meat. Rearing animal protein food uses significantly more water, land, and energy than that of fruit and vegetables.〔http://www.imeche.org/knowledge/themes/environment/global-food〕〔http://foodtank.com/news/2013/12/why-meat-eats-resources〕〔http://waterfootprint.org/media/downloads/Hoekstra-2012-Water-Meat-Dairy.pdf〕 For example, producing one kilo of pork can create over 31 times as much carbon dioxide as the same amount of weight of potatoes.〔http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/analysis/external/livestock-gas/exec_sum_en.pdf〕 European food consumption and production is estimated to account for 20-30% of the European Union's total environmental impact.〔ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_efficiency/index_en.htm〕 Some believe that understanding the determinants, factors, and processes that comprise a sustainable diet is increasingly important in an era of economic growth, rising incomes, climate change, and dietary transitions. Five major determinants of sustainable diets are considered to be agricultural, health, sociocultural, environmental, and socioeconomic, each of which have complex inter-relations.〔(Understanding Sustainable Diets )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sustainable diet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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