Eating healthy could reduce greenhouse gases

Scientists at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine say eating better would benefit both people's health and the environment.

 

The diets of the average UK man and woman do not currently conform to World Health Organisation (WHO) recommendations but the new study suggested that if they did, greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced by 17pc.

 

Researchers analysed food diaries from more than 1,500 adults in the UK and looked at how diet affected health problems such as coronary heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and a number of cancers.

 

They said diet-related ill health in the UK is estimated to cost the NHS around £6bn (€8.1bn) annually, but calculated that eating more healthily could save almost seven million years of life lost prematurely in the UK over the next 30 years.

 

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