A new “water scarcity footprint” measures the water-use impacts of various United States diets.
Meat consumption is the top contributor to the water scarcity footprint of the average US diet, accounting for 31% of the impacts, according to the study in
Nature Food. And within the meat category, beef’s contribution is about six times higher than that of chicken.
But other foods that require lots of water or that are mainly grown in US regions where water is scarce including certain fruits, nuts, and vegetables also have high water-scarcity footprints, the researchers say.
“Beef is the largest dietary contributor to the water scarcity footprint, as it is for the carbon footprint,” says study lead author Martin Heller of the Center for Sustainable Systems at University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability.
Study reveals unhealthy lifestyle only explains small part of health inequity in UK, US adults ANI | Updated: Apr 15, 2021 08:08 IST
London [UK], April 15 (ANI): Unhealthy lifestyles alone only explain a small proportion of the socioeconomic inequity in health in both US and UK adults, suggest data from two large studies published by The BMJ today.
The findings show that the poorest individuals with the least healthy lifestyle are 2.7 to 3.5 times more at risk of death than the most affluent people with the healthiest lifestyle.
While healthy lifestyles play an important role in reducing disease burden, the researchers warn that healthy lifestyle promotion alone might not substantially reduce the socioeconomic inequity in health, and other measures tackling social determinants of health are warranted.
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Unhealthy lifestyles alone only explain a small proportion of the socioeconomic inequity in health in both US and UK adults, suggest data from two large studies published by
The BMJ today.
The findings show that the poorest individuals with the least healthy lifestyle are 2.7 to 3.5 times more at risk of death than the most affluent people with the healthiest lifestyle.
While healthy lifestyles play an important role in reducing disease burden, the researchers warn that healthy lifestyle promotion alone might not substantially reduce the socioeconomic inequity in health, and other measures tackling social determinants of health are warranted.
It is well known that disadvantaged socioeconomic status (the measure of a person s social and economic standing) and unhealthy lifestyles are linked to poor health.
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Unhealthy lifestyles mediate only a small proportion of health inequity in UK and US adults
Apr 15 2021
Unhealthy lifestyles alone only explain a small proportion of the socioeconomic inequity in health in both US and UK adults, suggest data from two large studies published by The BMJ
today.
The findings show that the poorest individuals with the least healthy lifestyle are 2.7 to 3.5 times more at risk of death than the most affluent people with the healthiest lifestyle.
While healthy lifestyles play an important role in reducing disease burden, the researchers warn that healthy lifestyle promotion alone “might not substantially reduce the socioeconomic inequity in health, and other measures tackling social determinants of health are warranted.”