Abstract
The aim of this study is to explore the relations between the climate impact of food products and their nutritional characteristics, in order to propose a nutrient density index that quantifies these relations. Our study is based on the nutritional characteristics of the 403 most consumed food products in the Netherlands. Metabolic energy density,
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 389-398 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Ecological Economics |
| Volume | 131 |
| Early online date | 1 Oct 2016 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2017 |
Funding
The research was designed by Van Dooren (project conception, development of overall research plan, and study oversight); the research was conducted, data analyzed, and statistical analysis performed by Douma and Van Dooren; the paper was written by Van Dooren, Aiking and Vellinga. We thank CLM and Emiel Elferink for providing the essential databases necessary for research; this work was supported by a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (relation number 101315 ).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Ministerie van Economische Zaken | 101315 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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