The New Nordic Diet as a prototype for regional sustainable diets

Susanne Gjedsted Bügel, Jostein Hertwig, Johannes Kahl, Denis Lairon, Flavio Paoletti, Carola Strassner

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Abstract

A main challenge in sustainable food systems is to link sustainable production to sustainable diets and consumption patterns. The new Nordic diet (NND) builds on and shares the Mediterranean diet (MD) thinking, but utilizes the ingredients and flavours of a northern climate. In both diets, variation in produce, organic, local production and seasonality are essential, all of which contribute to the preservation of the local landscape and sea, as well as to the health of the consumers. The agricultural biodiversity plays a huge role and provides a variety of plant and animal food products from both wild and domesticated sources.
Both diets have been associated with health benefits. The NND is a prototype regional diet taking health, food culture, palatability and the environment into account. Thus, the principles and guidelines could be applied in any region of the world. There are currently activities for initiating, modeling and assessing these transformation processes.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainable Value Chains for Sustainable Food Systems : A Workshop of the FAO/UNEP Programme on Sustainable Food Systems. Rome, 8-9 June 2016
EditorsAlexandre Meybeck, Suzanne Redfern
Number of pages8
Place of PublicationRome
PublisherFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publication date2016
Pages109-116
ISBN (Electronic)978-92-5-109532-4
Publication statusPublished - 2016

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