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Giuliana V, Prencipe SA, Roberto R, Marco R. How much does overnutrition weigh? The environmental and social impacts of Metabolic Food Waste in Italy. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 947:174420. [PMID: 38971249 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 06/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
Abstract
Excess Food Energy Intake (EFEI), namely Metabolic Food Waste (MFW) corresponds to excess calorie intake related to overconsumption of food and is responsible for overweight (OW) and obesity (OB) conditions. Identifying its causes and impacts could be important, so that it can be prevented and reduced, generating health, environmental and societal benefits. Therefore, this research quantifies MFW among OW and OB adult populations (18-75 years) in Italy and its environmental and social implications. Life cycle assessment (LCA) through the Simapro 9.5 software was used and then, the results were monetized according to the Environmental Price Handbook to understand the real environmental cost. Finally, Social LCA (S-LCA) was considered following the Product Social Impact Assessment (PSILCA) guidelines to understand the potential social risks behind the food that ends up on our plates. The results highlight the amount of MFW in Italy is 2696 billion kcal/year corresponding to 1.59 Mtons over-consumed food/year, while the impacts are mainly related to global warming (8.78 Mtons CO2 eq/year, or 2.29 % of the total Italian CO2 emissions), terrestrial ecotoxicity (843,451 tons 1.4-DCB/year), freshwater ecotoxicity (222,483 tons 1.4 DCB eq/year), and land consumption (8 million m2a eq/year), mostly due to the meat, fats and oils and sweets overconsumption. Impacts monetization also shows that MFW could induce an environmental price of € 1340/per capita/year, and finally, the S-LCA reveals how overconsumption of food has the potential to affect gender discrimination, water depletion, trade union, and social discrimination due to the high proportion of labor migrants in the agricultural sector.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vinci Giuliana
- Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161, Rome.
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- Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161, Rome
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- Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161, Rome
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- Department of Management, Sapienza University of Rome, Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161, Rome
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He R, Jiang W, Wang C, Li X, Zhou W. Global burden of pancreatic cancer attributable to metabolic risks from 1990 to 2019, with projections of mortality to 2030. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:456. [PMID: 38350909 PMCID: PMC10865635 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-17875-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE Metabolic risks play a key role in the progression of pancreatic cancer. This study aimed to present global, regional and national data on mortality and disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) for pancreatic cancer attributable to metabolic risk and to forecast mortality to 2030 using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD). METHODS Data on mortality and DALYs due to pancreatic cancer attributable to metabolic risks were obtained from GBD 2019. Metabolic risks include high fasting plasma glucose (FPG) and high body mass index (BMI). Total numbers and age-standardized rates per 100,000 people for mortality and DALYs were reported by age, sex, region and country/territory from 1990 to 2019. The "Bayes age-period-cohort" method was used for projections of mortality to 2030. RESULTS Globally, there was a 3.5-fold increase in the number of pancreatic cancer deaths attributable to metabolic risk, from 22,091 in 1990 to 77,215 in 2019. High-income North America and Central Europe had the highest age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) of pancreatic cancer attributable to high FPG and high BMI in 2019, respectively. From 1990 to 2019, the global ASMR of pancreatic cancer attributable to high FPG and high BMI increased. Countries with high healthcare access quality had much higher age-standardized DALY rates. In the next 10 years, the ASMR of pancreatic cancer attributable to high FPG and high BMI will continue to increase. CONCLUSION Pancreatic cancer mortality and DALYs attributable to metabolic factors remain high, particularly in high-income regions or countries. Studies on the metabolic mechanism of pancreatic cancer and effective treatment strategies are needed.
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- Ru He
- The Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, No. 222 Tianshui Road (South), Cheng-Guan District, 730030, Lanzhou City, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, No. 222 Tianshui Road (South), Cheng-Guan District, 730030, Lanzhou City, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, No. 222 Tianshui Road (South), Cheng-Guan District, 730030, Lanzhou City, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, No. 222 Tianshui Road (South), Cheng-Guan District, 730030, Lanzhou City, China
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- The Second Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, No. 222 Tianshui Road (South), Cheng-Guan District, 730030, Lanzhou City, China.
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Galli A, Antonelli M, Wambersie L, Bach-Faig A, Bartolini F, Caro D, Iha K, Lin D, Mancini MS, Sonnino R, Vanham D, Wackernagel M. EU-27 ecological footprint was primarily driven by food consumption and exceeded regional biocapacity from 2004 to 2014. NATURE FOOD 2023; 4:810-822. [PMID: 37709937 PMCID: PMC10513931 DOI: 10.1038/s43016-023-00843-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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The European Union (EU) plans to decarbonize the region by 2050. As highlighted by the Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy, food systems are essential for this transition. Here we investigate the resource dependence and carbon emissions of the EU-27's food systems from 2004 to 2014 via an ecological footprint (EF)-extended multi-regional input-output approach, accounting for demand and supply (including trade), and considering multiple externalities. Food contributes towards almost a third of the region's EF, and appropriates over half of its biocapacity. Average reliance on biocapacity within national borders decreased, while reliance on intra-EU biocapacity increased; yet a quarter of the biocapacity for food consumption originates from non-EU countries. Despite a reduction in both total EF and food EF over the study period, EU-27 residents demand more from nature than the region's ecosystems can regenerate-highlighting the need for new or strengthened food and trade policies to enable a transformation to sustainable EU food systems.
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- Global Footprint Network, Geneva, Switzerland
- Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services (IAFES), Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Viterbo, Italy
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- Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA, USA
- École de technologie supérieure, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Food Lab Research Group (2021 SGR 01357), Faculty of Health Sciences, Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Seville, Spain
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- Global Footprint Network, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
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Giosuè A, Riccardi G, Antonelli M. Maximizing cardiovascular benefits of fish consumption within the One Health approach: Should current recommendations be revised? Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2023; 33:1129-1133. [PMID: 37087360 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2023.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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AIMS Current dietary recommendations on fish consumption for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention put somewhat vague emphasis on fatty fish, mainly driven by evidence on the cardioprotective effects of n-3 PUFAs. Recent data on the consumption of different types of fish in relation to hard cardiovascular endpoints suggests that fatty but not lean fish can contribute to CVD prevention. This considered, we aimed at evaluating, by an environmental perspective, fish consumption limited to the fatty type - in appropriate amounts for optimizing CVD prevention - within the European context. DATA SYNTHESIS Starting from the current average intake of total fish by the European population (i.e., 2 servings/week of fatty plus lean fish), we show that the shift towards the consumption of 2 servings/week of solely fatty fish - appropriate for optimizing CVD prevention - would allow a 32% saving of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to fish consumption. This is due to the lower environmental impact of fatty fish globally considered, compared to lean fish. However, since the carbon footprint of different fatty fish species can vary significantly - with small blue fish (e.g., anchovies, sardines, herrings) in the lowest range, we estimated that GHG emissions due to fish consumption in Europe could be reduced by 82% by focusing on small blue fish consumption. CONCLUSIONS Consumption of 2 servings/week of small blue fish could represent a feasible and effective choice among the functional dietary strategies available to achieve the maximal benefits for human and environmental health.
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- Annalisa Giosuè
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy
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- Division Impacts on Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services (IAFES), Foundation Euro- Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Viterbo, Italy
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Stranges S, Luginaah I. Nutrition and health: Time for a paradigm shift for climate change. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2022; 32:2782-2785. [PMID: 36333202 DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2022.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- Saverio Stranges
- Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Family Medicine & Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Department of Precision Health, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg; The Africa Institute, Western University, ON, Canada.
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- Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Family Medicine & Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health, Western University, London, ON, Canada; Department of Geography and Environment, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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