Decreasing the overall environmental impact of the Dutch diet: how to find healthy and sustainable diets with limited changes

Abstract

Reducing meat is the most effective option for lowering the environmental impact of diets in all age-gender groups. Reducing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages is another option. Leaving out fish and dairy products are not. The differences in nutritional requirements related to age and gender have a significant effect on the composition of the optimised diets.