Small strategic dietary changes yield surprisingly large health and environmental returns [Anthropocene, September 2021]

Title:

Small strategic dietary changes yield surprisingly large health and environmental returns 

 

Author: 

Emma Bryce 

 

Published:  

Anthropocene, 3 September 2021 

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/09/a-series-of-small-dietary-changes-can-bring-surprisingly-large-health-and-environmental-gains/ 

 

From the article:

Meticulously ranking almost 6,000 foods, researched showed how simply swapping some ingredients for others could incrementally add hours and days to our lives and reduce environmental harms, too. 

 

ALSO SEE 

 

Stylianou, K.S., Fulgoni, V.L. & Jolliet, O. Small targeted dietary changes can yield substantial gains for human health and the environment. Nat Food 2, 616–627 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00343-4 

 

University of Melbourne - Big data reveals we're running out of time to save environment and ourselves (Phys.org, 24 April 2020)

Title:
Big data reveals we're running out of time to save environment and ourselves

By:
University of Melbourne

Published:
Phys.org, 24 April 2020

From the article:
"Lead author Dr. Rebecca Runting from the University of Melbourne's School of Geography says that while we currently have an unprecedented ability to generate, store, access and analyse data about the environment, these technological advances will not help the world unless they lead to action."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-big-reveals-environment.html

To read the scholarly article:
Runting, R.K., Phinn, S., Xie, Z. et al. Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability. Nat Commun 11, 2003 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15870-0