Dietary patterns make a substantial contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Research is needed to investigate whether these dietary pattern-level GHG emission contributions can be disaggregated into food product-specific GHG emissions estimates and used to encourage citizens to switch from high- to low-emitting foods.
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M.L. receives funding from the Australian Research Council Discovery Project, DP190101323, ‘Reforming evidence synthesis and translation for food and nutrition policy’.
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Lawrence, M. Challenges associated with greenhouse gas emissions-related food guidance. Nat Food 5, 459–460 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-00993-0
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