Moving to a more sustainable diet involves reducing animal products. For vulnerable groups of the population such as older adults, this can be met with nutritional concerns in a care setting. Here, Tess Warnes from food procurement expert allmanhall gives a dietitian’s view
Firstly, what is a sustainable diet?
One of the most recognised definitions of a sustainable diet is from The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations:
“Sustainable Diets are those diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future generations. Sustainable diets are protective and respectful of biodiversity and ecosystems, culturally acceptable, accessible, economically fair and affordable: nutritionally adequate, safe and healthy while optimising natural and human resources.”
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