Six steps towards sustainable and healthy food systems

There is growing evidence that consumers’ food choices are shaped by the ‘food environments’ they navigate in. Most individuals, however, do not realise the extent to which their eating habits are steered by a multiplicity of factors, from the ads they see on billboards and the range of food products that are available at the supermarket, through to the promotional offers and discounts offered by their local retailers.

Today’s food environments largely push consumers towards diets which are not in line with healthy eating recommendations. Yet shifting to healthy, more plant-based diets with ‘less and better’ animal source foods (ASF) can benefit people’s health while bringing a series of co-benefits for the climate and environment, as well as farm animal welfare and food security.