Animal and plant-sourced nutrition: Complementary not competitive

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dc.citation.issue8
dc.citation.volume62
dc.contributor.authorSmith NW
dc.contributor.authorFletcher AJ
dc.contributor.authorHill JP
dc.contributor.authorMcNabb WC
dc.contributor.editorPembleton K
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-09T20:55:03Z
dc.date.available2024-10-09T20:55:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-05
dc.description.abstractDebate on the sustainability of the global food system often compares the environmental, economic and health impacts of plant- and animal-sourced foods. This distinction can mask the considerable variation in impacts across and within these food groups. Moreover, the nutritional benefits of these food groups are insufficiently discussed. In this review, we highlight the nutritional contribution to the current global food system of both plant- and animal-sourced foods and place their impacts on human health in the global context. We highlight how the comparison of the environmental impacts of foods via life cycle analyses can change on the basis of the functional unit used, particularly the use of mass as opposed to nutrient content or nutrient richness. We review the literature on the affordability of nutrient-adequate diets, demonstrating the presence of both plant- and animal-sourced foods in affordable nutritious diets. Finally, we address the potential of alternative food sources that are gaining momentum, to ask where they may fit in a sustainable food system. We conclude that there is a clear place for both plant- and animal-sourced foods in future sustainable food systems, and a requirement for both for sustainable global nutrition; as such, the two groups are complementary and not competitive.
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dc.format.pagination701-711
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dc.identifier.citationSmith NW, Fletcher AJ, Hill JP, McNabb WC. (2022). Animal and plant-sourced nutrition: Complementary not competitive. Animal Production Science. 62. 8. (pp. 701-711).
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/AN21235
dc.identifier.eissn1836-5787
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1836-0939
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/71655
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishing
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.publish.csiro.au/an/Fulltext/AN21235
dc.relation.isPartOfAnimal Production Science
dc.rights(c) The author/sen
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC-ND 4.0en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectanimal production
dc.subjectenvironmental footprints
dc.subjecthuman health
dc.subjecthuman nutrition
dc.subjectnon-communicable diseases
dc.subjectplant production
dc.subjectsustainable consumption
dc.subjectsustainable diets
dc.titleAnimal and plant-sourced nutrition: Complementary not competitive
dc.typeJournal article
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