Sustainable Diets and Public Health (MSFS-540)

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The course readings provided here are resources in the CIA Library or Open Access

There may be additional readings provided by your instructor.

• TED Talk featuring Robert Graham: Fare Wellness: Back to Our Roots
• TED Talk featuring Winona LaDuke: Seeds of our Ancestors, Seeds of Life
• Barbara Burlingame and Sandro Dernimi (editors): Sustainable Diets: Linking Nutrition and Food Systems, CAB International, 2018 (CIA Library credentials required for access)
• The Lancet: The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission Report
• Xiaojia Chen, et al.: Consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Studies (PDF posted to Moodle)
• Michael Clark, et al: Multiple Health and Environmental Impacts of Foods, PNAS, 2019
• Jessica Fanzo: The Importance of Food Systems and the Environment for Nutrition
• Our World Data: Food Production is Responsible for One-Quarter of the World's Greenhouse Gas Emissions (website)
• Planet-Based Diets – Good for Us, Good for Nature! (on YouTube)
• The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Do you know all 17 SDGs? (on YouTube)
• J.L. Johnston, et. al.: Understanding Sustainable Diets: A Descriptive Analysis of the Determinants and Processes That Influence Diets and Their Impact on Health, Food Security, and Environmental Sustainability, Advances in Nutrition, 2014
• FAO and World Health Organization (WHO): Sustainable and Healthy Diets: Guiding Principles, 2019
• Andrew Jones: A Systematic Review of the Measurement of Sustainable Diets
• EAT-Lancet Commission Summary Report
• Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition: A One Health Approach to Food: The Double Pyramid Connecting Food Culture, Health and Climate,April 2021
• National Sierra Club: Hog Hell (on YouTube)
• Niman Ranch: Niman Ranch Family Farmer: Ron Mardesen (on YouTube)
• Our World in Data:  Land Use Diets
• John Hopkins: Industrial Food Animal Production
• World Resources Institute: Sustainable Diets: What You Need to Know in 12 Charts
• Hannah Ritchie: The Carbon Footprint of Foods: Are Differences Explained by the Impacts of Methane?, Our World in Data, 2020
• Joshua Gibbs and Francesco Cappuccio: Plant-Based Dietary Patterns for Human and Planetary Health, Nutrients, 2022
• Footprint: Comparing Plant-Based Burger Brands, 2020
• John Hopkins: Nicolette Hahn Niman: It’s Not the Cow, It’s the How, 2022
• Aquatic Foods Toolkits Launch Webinar
• Salmon People (video)
• Food Talk: Rosamond Naylor on the Role of Blue Foods in Sustainable, Global Food Systems (audio)
• Today's Dietitian: Advocating Biodiversity in Diets, 2020
• Marta Bianchi, et al.: Assessing Seafood Nutritional Diversity Together with Climate Impacts Informs More Comprehensive Dietary Advice, Communication Earth + Environment, 2022
• FoodPrint: Sustainable Seafood
• What is Agroecology? (on YouTube)
• Investing in Regenerative Agriculture + Food: Steven Van Vliet: The First Randomised Clinical Trial Comparing Agro-ecological Grown and Supermarket Food (audio)
• Stephan van Vliet, et al.: Pasture-finishing of Bison Improves Animal Metabolic Health and Potential Health-promoting Compounds in Meat (read the “Abstract” and view the “Graphical abstract”)
• Health Care without Harm: The Dirt on Climate Change: Regenerative Agriculture and Health Care, 2020
• David Montgomery, et al.: Soil Health and Nutrient Density: Preliminary Comparison of Regenerative and Conventional Farming, Peer J, 2022
• Jose Suárez-Torres, et al.: Agroecology and Health: Lessons from Indigenous Populations, Current Environmental Health Reports, 2017
• Icahn School of Medicine: Food and Chemical Exposure, 2022

• FoodPrint: Local and Regional Food Systems, 2020

•  Choose one of the following to view:
  • CDC: Healthy Food Environments
  • Conservation Law Foundation: The Power of Urban Agriculture in Transforming a Community

• Soul Fire Farm (browse website) or view trailer of Gather (on YouTube)
• Climate-Smart Eating is the Newest Food Trend! with Eve Turow-Paul (on YouTube)
• Food Climate Research Network (FCRN): Policies and Actions to Shift Eating Patterns: What Works? 2015
• Browse the dietary guidelines of at least two different countries from the list below:
  • USDA Dietary Guidelines 2020-2025
    Executive Summary (pp. vii-x)
  • NHS: The Eat Well Guide
  • The Daily 9: Dietary Guidelines for Indians
• Pin-Jane Chen and Marta Antonelli: Conceptual Models of Food Choice: Influential Factors Related to Foods, Individual Differences, and Society, Foods, 2020
• American Action Forum: PRIMER: Agriculture Subsidies and Their Influence on the Composition of U.S. Food Supply and Consumption, 2021
• Penn State: Study Examines Connection Between Availability of Healthy Food Options, Health, 2022
• Nielsen IQ: Long-term Sustainability: Building a Healthy Brand to Last
• Friends of the Earth: Spinning Food: How Food Industry Front Groups and Covert Communications are Shaping the Story of Food
• Planetary Health Collective: Planetary Health on the Menu (on YouTube)
• WWF-UK: Eating for Net Zero
• Tatianna Kowalsky, et al.: Sustainable Diets as Tools to Harmonize the Health of Individuals, Communities and the Planet: A Systematic Review, Nutrients, 2022
• Graham Bastian, et al: Recommendations for Integrating Evidence-Based, Sustainable Diet Information into Nutrition Education, Nutrients, 2021
• Food + Planet (website)
• Eatrite Nutrition: Episode No. 24 Food Politics with Dr. Marion Nestle (audio)
• Global Nutrition Report: Food Systems and Nutrition Equity

• Food for Climate League: How to Talk About Food and Climate: Communications Best Practices to Support a Climate-Friendly Future (PDF posted to Moodle)
• FoodPrint: Food Label Guide
• Duke University - Communicator Toolkit: Writing Effective Op-Eds
• Choose one of the following to view:
  • • Stanford University: Edgy Veggies Toolkit
    • Beans is How: A Campaign to Double Global Bean Consumption by 2028
• Planetary Health Collective: Planetary Health on the Menu with Chef Alice Pyo of Stanford Food Institute (on YouTube)
• Planetary Health Collective: Planetary Health on the Menu with Amber Hanson, MS, RDN of Healthcare without Harm (on YouTube)

• Stefanie Carino, et al.: Environmental Sustainability of Hospital Foodservices across the Food Supply Chain: A Systematic Review, J Acad Nutr Diet, 2020, pp. 825-873 (PDF posted to Moodle)
  • Center for Good Food Purchasing (website)
  • Food for Climate League: Serving up Plants by Default (PDF posted to Moodle)
  • Food Choice Architecture Playbook
  • Stanford University: One Plate, One Planet (website)
  • National Farm to School Network (website)
• The Sioux Chef (video)
• Planetary Health Collective: Planetary Health on the Menu with Alyssa Menendez from Equal Exchange and Abby Fammartino from Future Food Institute (on YouTube)
• World Resources Institute: Playbook for Guiding Diners Toward Plant-Rich Dishes in Food Service (PDF posted to Moodle)
• Food Business News: Eco-Conscious Innovation is Trending, 2023
• WWF-UK: WWF Basket (website)
• PCC Community Markets: Honest Products (website)
• Farm Bill Communications Series: Messaging in Action (on YouTube)
• FAO +FCRN: Plates, Pyramids, Planet, 2016
• FoodPrint: 6 Ways to Get Involved with Food Policy
• Raychel Santo: Food and Climate: What Food Policy Councils Can do?, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, 2017
• World Wildlife Fund: 2023 Farm Bill: An Opportunity for Food and Farm Security
• Dariush Mozaffarian: Role of Government Policy in Nutrition – Barriers and Opportunities for Healthier Eating, BMJ, 2018
  • Choose one of the following to view:
    • USDA: Local Food Promotion Program
    • USDA: USDA Announces New Steps to Enhance Organic Markets and Support Producers
• FoodPrint: That Cheap, Delicious Rotisserie Chicken (audio)
• Dariush Mozaffarian: The Real Cost of Food – Can Taxes and Subsidies Improve Public Health?, JAMA, 2014
  • The Rockefeller Foundation: True Cost of Food: Measuring What Matters to Transform the U.S. Food System 
    (optional: to view accompanying 1 min video here)
  • World Economic Forum: 5 Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture – and 5 Ways to Scale It, 2023
  • Ellen Macarthur Foundation: Five Benefits of a Circular Economy for Food, 2021
  • System IQ: National Food Strategy: Understanding the Impact of Changing Food Production and Diets on Food Prices and Affordability
• EAT: Alejandra Schrader’s Pasta for EAT Cook Club (on YouTube)

• iPES Food: Unravelling the Food-Health Nexus 
  pp. 1-7 (The Executive Summary)
• Columbia Climate School: Future of Food: Exploring Challenges to Global Food Systems, 2021
• EAT-Lancet Commission
• Richard Semba, et al.: Major Health Gains and Carbon Savings Possible from a Shift to Plant-based Diets, Nature Food, 2020
• Laura Yacoub Bach, et al.: A Sustainability Analysis of Environmental Impact, Nutritional Quality, and Price Among Six Popular Diets
• TED Talk featuring Dan Barber: How I Fell in Love with a Fish
• Alliance Bioversity & CIAT and Five Ways Biodiversity Contributes to Healthier Diets
• Tara Moreau and David Speight: Cooking up Diverse Diets: Advancing Biodiversity in Food and Agriculture through Collaborations with Chefs, Crop Science, 2019
• Cornell Chronicle: ‘Sioux Chef’ on Restoring Indigenous Foods, Bridging Cultures, 2018
• Monterey Bay Aquarium: Sustainable Solutions
• Foodprint: Why You Should be Eating More Tinned Fish
• Real Food Media: Black Food Matters: Racial Justice in the Wake of Food Justice (audio)
• Samiran Banerjee, S. and Marcel van der Heijden: Soil Microbiomes and One Health
• The Power of the Plate: The Case for Regenerative Organic Agriculture in Improving Human Health
• NIQ: Growing Demand for Plant-based Proteins, 2021
• Environment + Energy Leader: Glow & Nielsen IQ Study Reveals Majority of US Shoppers Prioritize Brand Sustainability
• Richard Semba, et al.: Adoption of the ‘Planetary Health Diet’ has Different Impacts on Countries’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nat Food, 481–484, 2020
• The Lancet: Learning to Treat the Climate Emergency Together: Social Tipping Interventions by the Health Community
• Marie Spiker, et al.: Cultivating Sustainable, Resilient, and Healthy Food and Water Systems: A Nutrition-Focused Framework for Action, J Acad Nutr Diet, 2020
• European Food Information Council: Global Update on Nutrition Labeling, Executive Summary, 2018
• Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future: Meals, Menus and Meatless Monday: The Why and How of Meatless Monday, 2019
• RFM Certified Sustainable (website)
• Stanford University: Climate Smart Dining (optional webinar)
• Menus of Change Research Collaborative
• Garalynne Stiles, et al.: Effectiveness of Strategies to Decrease Animal-Sourced Protein and/or Increase Plant-Sourced Protein in Foodservice Settings: A Systematic Literature Review, JAND, 2021 (PDF posted to Moodle)
• I. Taylor, et al.: Nature-Positive Goals for an Organization’s Food Consumption, Nat Food, 2023
• The Food Foundation: The Broken Plate: The State of The Nation’s Food System, 2022
• WWF-UK: WWF Basket Blueprint for Action
• Food Print: Food Policy 101
• Emergence Magazine: The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance (optional audio)
• World Economic Forum: Our Food System is No Longer Fit for the 21^st Century, 2019
• Claire LaCanne and Jonathan Lundgren: Regenerative Agriculture: Merging Farming and Natural Resource Conservation Profitably, PeerJ, 2018
• Civil Eats: Can Accounting for the True Cost of Food Change the Global Food System?, 2021
• NPR: What Does it Mean to ‘Re-Indigenize” Contemporary Diets? (audio)
• Global Alliance for the Future of Food: From Silos to Systems: 5 Ways to Take Action at the Food-Health Nexus, 2022
• Yes! Magazine: What’s in a Social Justice Diet?, 2020
• Examples of organizations putting sustainable diets into practice:
  • Edible Schoolyard (website)
  • Eat Cook Club (website)
• Food Climate Research Network/Table Debates 

• Food Politics Blog by Marion Nestle
• International Food Policy Research Institute
• Food for Climate League
• Global Alliance for the Future of Food
• Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
• Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition
• British Dietetic Association – Sustainable Diets
• Project Drawdown
• Oldways
• The Nutrition Source, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• Healthy Food Policy Project
• Food Tank
• Our World in Data: The Environmental Impacts of Foods
• Table Debates (podcasts on the future of food)