Posted on 01/07/2023 5:41:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Labels describing the climate impact of dishes on fast-food menus could encourage Americans to eat more sustainably, a new study finds.
When it comes to food production, beef has one of the largest climate footprints. It’s among the most resource-intensive foods to produce, and cattle account for about two-thirds of livestock’s global greenhouse gas emissions. Replacing a burger with poultry or a vegetarian option can be a more Earth-friendly choice.
In the study, published in JAMA Network Open last week, scientists asked more than 5,000 participants to select a hypothetical meal from a sample fast-food menu. To gauge whether people would dine differently if they could see the environmental cost of their choice, the researchers used three variations of the menu—one with no labels, one with “high climate impact” labels next to red meat items and one with “low climate impact” labels next to fish, chicken and meatless dishes.
The team found that discouraging less sustainable options was the best way to get diners to think twice about their orders: Participants reading the menus with “high climate impact” labels chose non-beef options 23 percent more frequently than the study’s control group.
They also made greener choices when the menu featured “low climate impact” labels, though only 10 percent more frequently than the control group.
“These results suggest that menu labeling, particularly labels warning that an item has high climate impact, can be an effective strategy for encouraging more sustainable food choices in a fast-food setting,” says study lead author Julia Wolfson.
However, you don’t need to skip straight to eating climate-friendly insects or seaweed for dinner in place of your burger. Even small diet adjustments “can have really measurable impacts on reducing food systems-related climate change and climate change overall,” Wolfson tells CNN’s Laura Paddison.
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The enviroweenies have already cut the beef out of the picture and have their loonies going straight to the grass clippings for their burgers.
I foresee a lot of scoffing at the grocery store.
And another formerly respected institution demonstrates that they have the technical and analytical capability of Biden and the Ho.
I’d like to know what melted the Laurentide ice sheet in the middle of the stone age and formed the Great Lakes a scant 10,000 years ago...was told it was deer farts but am skeptical of that.
I will need to chose the maximum impact items.
Not me. Screw ‘em!
Global Warming PING!
On “earth day” I maximize my power usage.
Gawd! Now we know what the world would look like if it was run by hypochondriacs, hysterics and lunatics.
I’m buying products with labels showing the greatest impact.
Enviro-climate psyops.
Pondering in the scientific realm is what white racists do…
No.
Abuse by the climate changer hoaxers is a current war on oil and gas
That war along with excessive spending have taken red beef off our dinner table
They've been doing this ever since they changed the definition of the word "monopoly" over a century ago. Why stop now?
It must be remembered that if there is supremacy, then there is certainly inferiority.
Those whining about supremacy are unequal because they are inferior
What makes you think this will always be voluntary? They are serious about this. This is the “nudge” part of the programming.
Buy the green properties and railroads. They pay off better than the overpriced blue properties
While logically correct, that is also racist…
Get it?…
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