How diets affect human health and environmental sustainability

Abstract

Dietary patterns are shifting to include more calories, processed foods, and animal products as populations become more affluent and urbanized. These dietary transitions have driven increases in diet-related diseases and environmental impacts. My thesis explores these links between diets, human health, and the environment – the diet-health-environment trilemma – and discusses and discusses what can be done to reduce the future impact that humanity’s dietary choices are projected to have on human and environmental health.