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    The Cow in the Room: Public Knowledge of the Links Between Dietary Choices and Health and Environmental Impacts

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    Authors
    Joyce, Andrew
    Dixon, S.
    Comfort, Jude
    Hallett, Jonathan
    Date
    2008
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Joyce, Andrew W. and Dixon, Sarah and Comfort, Jude and Hallett, Jonathan. 2008. The Cow in the Room: Public Knowledge of the Links Between Dietary Choices and Health and Environmental Impacts. Environmental Health Insights. 1: pp. 31-34.
    Source Title
    Environmental Health Insights
    ISSN
    11786302
    School
    Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research (Curtin Research Centre)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13243
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Issue Addressed: This paper describes results of a survey comparing people’s knowledge of health and environmental impacts of dietary choices. Dietary choice is one of the key ways in which individuals can reduce their environmental impact in relation to water use and greenhouse gas emissions but this may not be widely known amongst the public due to limited press coverage. Methods: A street intercept survey was conducted asking open ended questions on how people can help the environment, maintain or improve health and basic demographics. The sample size was 107 with a refusal rate of 51%. Results: Only 3.2% of the sample made a link between dietary choice and environmental impact whereas 85.6% of the sample referred to dietary choice in relation to personal health. Transport options and keeping active were popular responses to both health and environmental categories. Conclusions: It seems that very few people are aware that the livestock sector is the second largest contributor to equivalent greenhouse gas emissions and one of the largest users of fresh water. Reduction in red meat consumption could have both important positive health and environmental impacts.

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