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Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context
Current food consumption patterns must be revised in order to improve their sustainability. The nutritional, environmental, and economic consequences of these dietary patterns must be taken into consideration when diet guidelines are proposed. This study applied a systematic optimization methodology...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7696294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33207725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9111677 |
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author | Abejón, Ricardo Batlle-Bayer, Laura Laso, Jara Bala, Alba Vazquez-Rowe, Ian Larrea-Gallegos, Gustavo Margallo, María Cristobal, Jorge Puig, Rita Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere Aldaco, Rubén |
author_facet | Abejón, Ricardo Batlle-Bayer, Laura Laso, Jara Bala, Alba Vazquez-Rowe, Ian Larrea-Gallegos, Gustavo Margallo, María Cristobal, Jorge Puig, Rita Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere Aldaco, Rubén |
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description | Current food consumption patterns must be revised in order to improve their sustainability. The nutritional, environmental, and economic consequences of these dietary patterns must be taken into consideration when diet guidelines are proposed. This study applied a systematic optimization methodology to define sustainable dietary patterns complying with nutritional, environmental, and economic issues. The methodology was based on a multi-objective optimization model that considered a distance-to-target approach. Although the three simultaneous objectives (maximal nutritional contribution, minimal greenhouse gas emissions, and minimal costs) could be divergent, the proposed model identified the optimal intake of each food product to achieve the maximal level of nutritional, environmental, and economic diets. This model was applied to six different eating patterns within the Spanish context: one based on current food consumption and five alternative diets. The results revealed that dietary patterns with improved nutritional profiles and reduced environmental impacts could be defined without additional costs just by increasing the consumption of vegetables, fruits, and legumes, while reducing the intake of meat and fish. |
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spelling | pubmed-76962942020-11-29 Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context Abejón, Ricardo Batlle-Bayer, Laura Laso, Jara Bala, Alba Vazquez-Rowe, Ian Larrea-Gallegos, Gustavo Margallo, María Cristobal, Jorge Puig, Rita Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere Aldaco, Rubén Foods Article Current food consumption patterns must be revised in order to improve their sustainability. The nutritional, environmental, and economic consequences of these dietary patterns must be taken into consideration when diet guidelines are proposed. This study applied a systematic optimization methodology to define sustainable dietary patterns complying with nutritional, environmental, and economic issues. The methodology was based on a multi-objective optimization model that considered a distance-to-target approach. Although the three simultaneous objectives (maximal nutritional contribution, minimal greenhouse gas emissions, and minimal costs) could be divergent, the proposed model identified the optimal intake of each food product to achieve the maximal level of nutritional, environmental, and economic diets. This model was applied to six different eating patterns within the Spanish context: one based on current food consumption and five alternative diets. The results revealed that dietary patterns with improved nutritional profiles and reduced environmental impacts could be defined without additional costs just by increasing the consumption of vegetables, fruits, and legumes, while reducing the intake of meat and fish. MDPI 2020-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7696294/ /pubmed/33207725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9111677 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Abejón, Ricardo Batlle-Bayer, Laura Laso, Jara Bala, Alba Vazquez-Rowe, Ian Larrea-Gallegos, Gustavo Margallo, María Cristobal, Jorge Puig, Rita Fullana-i-Palmer, Pere Aldaco, Rubén Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context |
title | Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context |
title_full | Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context |
title_fullStr | Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context |
title_full_unstemmed | Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context |
title_short | Multi-Objective Optimization of Nutritional, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Diets Applied to the Spanish Context |
title_sort | multi-objective optimization of nutritional, environmental and economic aspects of diets applied to the spanish context |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7696294/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33207725 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods9111677 |
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