Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam

Rationale and objective: Improving diet quality while decreasing environmental impacts is an important challenge for a healthy and sustainable food system. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the most common dietary patterns per female household member and explore the diet quality and environmenta...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Son D., Biesbroek, Sander, Le, Tuyen D., Feskens, Edith J. M., Brouwer, Inge D., Talsma, Elise F
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Frontiers Media 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131402
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author Nguyen, Son D.
Biesbroek, Sander
Le, Tuyen D.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Brouwer, Inge D.
Talsma, Elise F
author_browse Biesbroek, Sander
Brouwer, Inge D.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Le, Tuyen D.
Nguyen, Son D.
Talsma, Elise F
author_facet Nguyen, Son D.
Biesbroek, Sander
Le, Tuyen D.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Brouwer, Inge D.
Talsma, Elise F
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description Rationale and objective: Improving diet quality while decreasing environmental impacts is an important challenge for a healthy and sustainable food system. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the most common dietary patterns per female household member and explore the diet quality and environmental impacts of these patterns. Methodology: The nationally representative General Nutrition Survey of 2009–2010 (n = 8,225 households) was used to derive dietary patterns using principal component analysis (PCA) based on 18 food groups as input variables. Quintiles of the highest adherence (Q5) and lowest adherence (Q1) were generated based on the factor score of each dietary pattern. Nutrient adequacy and dietary diversity scores (DDS) were calculated to measure diet quality, and greenhouse gas emission (GHGE) and blue water use (BWU) were selected as environmental impact indicators. Results: Using PCA, three distinct dietary patterns were identified: an Omnivorous, Traditional, and Pescatarian pattern. Compared to the Traditional pattern, the Omnivorous and Pescatarian patterns (Q5s) were associated with a higher nutrient adequacy, with mean probability of adequacy of 0.51 in both patterns, compared to 0.45 in the Traditional pattern. However, environmental impacts in terms of GHGE and BWU per 2,000 kcal were considerably higher in the Omnivorous pattern (6.14 kg CO2-eq. and 0.15 m3/kg) compared to all other pattern’s Q5s. The GHGE was lowest in the Traditional pattern (4.18 kg CO2-eq.) and the Pescatarian pattern has the lowest BWU (0.12 m3/kg). Conclusion: Despite that diet quality was slightly better in all three patterns compared to the average diet of the total population, environmental impact was also higher. Therefore, future research is needed to develop a more optimal diet that considers both diet quality and environmental impact to explore the trade-offs between diet quality and environmental impact.
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spelling CGSpace1314022025-12-08T10:29:22Z Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam Nguyen, Son D. Biesbroek, Sander Le, Tuyen D. Feskens, Edith J. M. Brouwer, Inge D. Talsma, Elise F diet diet quality environmental impact food systems households nutrients surveys women Rationale and objective: Improving diet quality while decreasing environmental impacts is an important challenge for a healthy and sustainable food system. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the most common dietary patterns per female household member and explore the diet quality and environmental impacts of these patterns. Methodology: The nationally representative General Nutrition Survey of 2009–2010 (n = 8,225 households) was used to derive dietary patterns using principal component analysis (PCA) based on 18 food groups as input variables. Quintiles of the highest adherence (Q5) and lowest adherence (Q1) were generated based on the factor score of each dietary pattern. Nutrient adequacy and dietary diversity scores (DDS) were calculated to measure diet quality, and greenhouse gas emission (GHGE) and blue water use (BWU) were selected as environmental impact indicators. Results: Using PCA, three distinct dietary patterns were identified: an Omnivorous, Traditional, and Pescatarian pattern. Compared to the Traditional pattern, the Omnivorous and Pescatarian patterns (Q5s) were associated with a higher nutrient adequacy, with mean probability of adequacy of 0.51 in both patterns, compared to 0.45 in the Traditional pattern. However, environmental impacts in terms of GHGE and BWU per 2,000 kcal were considerably higher in the Omnivorous pattern (6.14 kg CO2-eq. and 0.15 m3/kg) compared to all other pattern’s Q5s. The GHGE was lowest in the Traditional pattern (4.18 kg CO2-eq.) and the Pescatarian pattern has the lowest BWU (0.12 m3/kg). Conclusion: Despite that diet quality was slightly better in all three patterns compared to the average diet of the total population, environmental impact was also higher. Therefore, future research is needed to develop a more optimal diet that considers both diet quality and environmental impact to explore the trade-offs between diet quality and environmental impact. 2023-07-06 2023-08-04T20:56:02Z 2023-08-04T20:56:02Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131402 en Open Access Frontiers Media Nguyen, Son D.; Biesbroek, Sander; Le, Tuyen D.; Feskens, Edith J. M.; Brouwer, Inge D.; and Talsma, Elise F. 2023. Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam. Frontiers in Nutrition 10: 986241. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2023.986241
spellingShingle diet
diet quality
environmental impact
food systems
households
nutrients
surveys
women
Nguyen, Son D.
Biesbroek, Sander
Le, Tuyen D.
Feskens, Edith J. M.
Brouwer, Inge D.
Talsma, Elise F
Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam
title Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam
title_full Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam
title_fullStr Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam
title_short Environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in Vietnam
title_sort environmental impact and nutrient adequacy of derived dietary patterns in vietnam
topic diet
diet quality
environmental impact
food systems
households
nutrients
surveys
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131402
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