New โฃEAT-Lancet Report Prioritizes Equityโข inโฃ Globalโ Dietary Shifts
London, UK – โคA newly โคreleased update to the landmark โคEAT-lancet โฃreport outlinesโ ambitious global targets for sustainable โขfood systems, with a key focus on justice and cultural relevance.The report, โunveiled this week, aims to guide dietary transitions that are both nutritionally adequateโค andโข accessible across diverse communities,โ marking a significant shift from itsโฃ initialโ 2019 publication.
The updatedโค framework addresses criticismsโ leveled against the original report, which faced pushback from the livestock industry and concerns about affordability and cultural appropriateness. According to EAT-Lancet Commissioner jessica Fanzo,โฃ the โขmost distinctive advance of the new report “is its centering of justice.” It seeks to account for cultural acceptability,โ nutritional adequacy,โค and accessibility of recommended โฃdietary patterns, acknowledging that a one-size-fits-all approach is unsustainable.
The 2019 EAT-Lancet report sparked โdebate, with some industry experts questioning the feasibilityโ of meat-limiting diets in certain regions and others raising concerns aboutโฃ the data andโข modeling used in its calculations.However, a recent โคexamination by the Changing Markets Foundation revealed evidence of coordinated disinformation campaigns aimed at discrediting โtheโ Commission’s work โฃthrough โฃsocial media tactics and misleading health claims.
In response to ongoing criticism, suchโ as that from Quality Meat Scotland regardingโ potential nutrientโฃ deficiencies from reduced meat consumption, the Commission emphasizesโ that the planetary health diet is intended as a global โreference point, adaptable to local contexts. Willett, โa member of the Commission, stated the report includes broad goals to ensure a โversatile and agile framework.