The Chilean Diet
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  • Release Date: 2022-09-20
  • water footprint
  • carbon footprint
  • sustainable diets
  • diet footprint
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/nu14153103

Food systems are one of the main contributors to climate change. Sustainable diets are one strategy to mitigate climate change. Assessments and estimations at a national level are lacking, especially in the Global South, probably due to a lack of national surveys of food consumption and a limited interest in sustainable diets information. The objective of this video is to estimate and describe the carbon and water footprint of the Chilean population’s diet in an overall estimation desegregated by region, age, sex, socioeconomic level and their main characterizations. This video is based on a secondary data analysis from the National Survey of Food Consumption made in 2010. The carbon and water footprint of the food subgroups/person/day were estimated. The results are compared by sex, age group, socioeconomic level, and macro zone. A carbon footprint of 4.67 kg CO2eq and a water footprint of 4177 L, both per person/day, were obtained. Animal-sourced foods, such as dairy and red meat, were responsible for 60.5% of the total carbon footprint and 52.6% of the water footprint. The highest values for both footprints were found in the following groups: men, adolescents, young adults, people with a higher socioeconomic level, and residents in the southern area of the country. The carbon footprint and water footprint values in Chile generated by food consumption would be above the world averages. Transforming the Chilean food system into a more sustainable one with changes in eating patterns is urgently required to attain this transformation.

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Gormaz, T.; Cortés, S.I.; Tiboni, O.; Weisstaub, G. The Chilean Diet. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/425 (accessed on 15 November 2024).
Gormaz T, Cortés SI, Tiboni O, Weisstaub G. The Chilean Diet. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/425. Accessed November 15, 2024.
Gormaz, Teresita, Sandra Isabel Cortés, Ornella Tiboni, Gerardo Weisstaub. "The Chilean Diet" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/425 (accessed November 15, 2024).
Gormaz, T., Cortés, S.I., Tiboni, O., & Weisstaub, G. (2022, September 20). The Chilean Diet. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/425
Gormaz, Teresita, et al. "The Chilean Diet." Encyclopedia. Web. 20 September, 2022.
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