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Green diet guidelines may be too expensive for one-fifth of the world's population.
Climate scientists urge people to eat more plants and less meat to help curb carbon dioxide emissions. And to help achieve that goal, researchers from around the world launched a guide earlier this year on how to eat sustainably.
Under those guidelines, the most affordable green diet would cost $2.84 per day. But that isn’t affordable for 1.68 billion people — more than one-fifth of the world’s population — according to a study published Thursday in the journal The Lancet: Global Health. The researchers also determine who would spend the most on food, and what kinds of food, under the recommendations.
The original guidelines, called EAT-Lancet, call for diets rich in fruits and vegetables. They recommend that protein and fats come mainly from plant-based foods; unsaturated oils from fish; and carbohydrates from whole grains.
Climate scientists urge people to eat more plants and less meat to help curb carbon dioxide emissions. And to help achieve that goal, researchers from around the world launched a guide earlier this year on how to eat sustainably.
Under those guidelines, the most affordable green diet would cost $2.84 per day. But that isn’t affordable for 1.68 billion people — more than one-fifth of the world’s population — according to a study published Thursday in the journal The Lancet: Global Health. The researchers also determine who would spend the most on food, and what kinds of food, under the recommendations.
The original guidelines, called EAT-Lancet, call for diets rich in fruits and vegetables. They recommend that protein and fats come mainly from plant-based foods; unsaturated oils from fish; and carbohydrates from whole grains.