Unhealthy dietary patterns are directly linked to the current Global Syndemic consisting of
non-communicable diseases, undernutrition and climate change. The dietary shift towards …

Agricultural production is the main consumer of water. Future population growth, income
growth, and dietary shifts are expected to increase demand for water. The paper presents a …

The current food system (production, transport, processing, packaging, storage, retail,
consumption, loss and waste) feeds the great majority of world population and supports the …

Food systems are at the heart of at least 12 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs). The wide scope of the SDGs call for holistic approaches that integrate previously …

Within the context of Earth's limited natural resources and assimilation capacity, the current
environmental footprint of humankind is not sustainable. Assessing land, water, energy …

How can huge populations be fed healthily, equitably and affordably while maintaining the
ecosystems on which life depends? The evidence of diet's impact on public health and the …

Apart from industrial activities, our eating habits also have a significant environmental cost
associated with crop cultivation, manufacturing processes, packaging, refrigeration …

The Food and Agriculture Organization defines sustainable diets as nutritionally adequate,
safe, healthy, culturally acceptable, economically affordable diets that have little …

This paper reviews the evolvement of water footprint assessment (WFA) as a new research
field over the past fifteen years. The research is rooted in four basic thoughts:(1) there is a …

This study develops water footprint scenarios for 2050 based on a number of drivers of
change: population growth, economic growth, production/trade pattern, consumption pattern …