Personal and Planetary Health—The Connection With Dietary Choices
Urvi A. Shah, Gia Merlo
Abstract
This Viewpoint offers strategies to help shift to plant-based diets to reduce climate change and promote individual health by encouraging patients, incorporating the environmental impact of food choices in national dietary guidelines, and adding plant-based nutrition training in medical schools.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineConnection (principal bundle)Food choiceClimate changeEnvironmental healthEcologyBiologyEngineeringStructural engineeringPathologyAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactClimate Change and Health ImpactsDiet and metabolism studies