EAT-Lancet: A Smart and Sustainable Way of Eating

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the interplay between dietary habits, health outcomes, and environmental sustainability has become a focal point in nutritional research. The alarming contributions of the global food system to climate change, biodiversity loss, and health disparities underscore the critical need for interventions and frameworks that advocate for sustainable eating practices. The EAT-Lancet Commission has made significant strides in framing these discussions, proposing the Planetary Health Diet to address the urgent need for dietary transformation within environmental constraints. This Special Issue will explore, analyze, and disseminate research that enriches our understanding of sustainable food systems and their implications for human health.

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue, which will gather diverse scientific perspectives on these pressing challenges. By engaging with scholars and practitioners across multiple disciplines, we hope to foster discussions that will propel research in this field toward actionable solutions.

This Special Issue will provide a comprehensive platform for research that examines the connections between dietary choices, environmental impacts, and public health. We seek contributions that align with the journal’s scope, focusing on sustainable dietary practices, the health impacts of nutrition, and innovative strategies for implementing the Planetary Health Diet. We encourage submissions that tackle the complexities of food systems, analyze population-level dietary trends, or evaluate policy interventions that support sustainability in food production and consumption.

This Special Issue will ideally feature a collection of at least 10 articles, providing a well-rounded exploration of this topic.

If we reach this number of contributions, then this Special Issue may also be published in book form, broadening the dissemination of this critical research. We invite you to join us in this endeavor and contribute to shaping the future of sustainable eating.

Dr. Maria João Lima
Dr. Edite Teixeira-Lemos
Guest Editors

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