Sustainable healthy diets: guiding principles

Publishers: FAO and WHO · Published: 2019. A framework for considering healthy diets alongside environmental, economic and social questions.

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When to use it

Use the publication to frame a teaching session or policy discussion about the different dimensions of a sustainable diet. Keep the context of the proposed change visible: who it concerns, which outcomes matter and what evidence is available.

A companion reading exercise

Our sustainable healthy diets guide provides questions for examining a comparison and an exercise based on a proposed menu change. It helps distinguish what a study measures from wider claims about health, cost or suitability.

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