A perspective on the transition to plant-based diets: A diet change may attenuate climate change, but can it also attenuate obesity and chronic disease risk?
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A perspective on the transition to plant-based diets: A diet change may attenuate climate change, but can it also attenuate obesity and chronic disease risk? / Magkos, Faidon; Tetens, Inge; Bügel, Susanne Gjedsted; Felby, Claus; Schacht, Simon Rønnow; Hill, James O; Ravussin, Eric; Astrup, Arne.
In: Advances in Nutrition, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2020, p. 1-9.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A perspective on the transition to plant-based diets: A diet change may attenuate climate change, but can it also attenuate obesity and chronic disease risk?
AU - Magkos, Faidon
AU - Tetens, Inge
AU - Bügel, Susanne Gjedsted
AU - Felby, Claus
AU - Schacht, Simon Rønnow
AU - Hill, James O
AU - Ravussin, Eric
AU - Astrup, Arne
N1 - Copyright © American Society for Nutrition 2019.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Current dietary guidelines advocate more plant-based, sustainable diets on the basis of scientific evidence about diet-health relations but also to address environmental concerns. Here, we critically review the effects of plant-based diets on the prevalence of obesity and other health outcomes. Plant-based diets per se have limited efficacy for the prevention and treatment of obesity, but most have beneficial effects in terms of chronic disease risk. However, with the considerable possibilities of translating plant-based diets into various types of dietary patterns, our analysis suggests that potential adverse health effects should also be considered in relation to vulnerable groups of the population. A transition to more plant-based diets may exert beneficial effects on the environment, but is unlikely to affect obesity, and may also have adverse health effects if this change is made without careful consideration of the nutritional needs of the individual relative to the adequacy of the dietary intake.
AB - Current dietary guidelines advocate more plant-based, sustainable diets on the basis of scientific evidence about diet-health relations but also to address environmental concerns. Here, we critically review the effects of plant-based diets on the prevalence of obesity and other health outcomes. Plant-based diets per se have limited efficacy for the prevention and treatment of obesity, but most have beneficial effects in terms of chronic disease risk. However, with the considerable possibilities of translating plant-based diets into various types of dietary patterns, our analysis suggests that potential adverse health effects should also be considered in relation to vulnerable groups of the population. A transition to more plant-based diets may exert beneficial effects on the environment, but is unlikely to affect obesity, and may also have adverse health effects if this change is made without careful consideration of the nutritional needs of the individual relative to the adequacy of the dietary intake.
KW - Faculty of Science
KW - Sustainable diets
KW - Plant food
KW - Animal food
KW - Climate change
KW - Environmental footprint
U2 - 10.1093/advances/nmz090
DO - 10.1093/advances/nmz090
M3 - Review
C2 - 31504086
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Advances in Nutrition
JF - Advances in Nutrition
SN - 2161-8313
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 227475077