SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Consumer Attitudes Towards Environmental Concerns of Meat Consumption: A Systematic Review.
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138 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- People's Values and Preferences about Meat Consumption in View of the Potential Environmental Impacts of Meat: A Mixed-methods Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Consumers' Attitudes towards Animal Suffering: A Systematic Review on Awareness, Willingness and Dietary Change.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Effect of a new plant-based high-energy oral nutritional supplement in adult malnourished patients: an open-label, randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Trial
- Urinary Response to Consuming Plant-Based Meat Alternatives in Persons with Normal Kidney Function: The SWAP-MEAT Pilot Trial.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2024Trial
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- The effects of substituting red and processed meat for mycoprotein on biomarkers of cardiovascular risk in healthy volunteers: an analysis of secondary endpoints from Mycomeat.European journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
- Substituting meat for mycoprotein reduces genotoxicity and increases the abundance of beneficial microbes in the gut: Mycomeat, a randomised crossover control trial.European journal of nutrition · 2023Trial
- Developing health and environmental warning messages about red meat: An online experiment.PloS one · 2022Trial
- Bioactive Compounds of Porcine Hearts and Aortas May Improve Cardiovascular Disorders in Humans.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- A randomized crossover trial on the effect of plant-based compared with animal-based meat on trimethylamine-N-oxide and cardiovascular disease risk factors in generally healthy adults: Study With Appetizing Plantfood-Meat Eating Alternative Trial (SWAP-MEAT).The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Trial
- Preferences for Meat and Meat Alternatives in Different Meal Scenarios: A Dutch Discrete Choice Experiment.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- Farm Animal Welfare on the Mind and Meat in the Diet: Who Are These Consumers?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Implications of regional variations in climate change vulnerability and mitigation behaviour for social-climate dynamics.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Longitudinal changes in motivational determinants of sustainable diets during a pilot blended digital behavior change intervention: A mixed methods study.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- The Rise of Plant-Based Proteins: Consumer Perception and Challenges.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Measuring the Ecological Footprint of Eating Behaviors: A Psychometric Study on the Turkish Version of the EREC Scale.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Evaluating select factors and mechanisms influencing meat consumption in Baltimore City: an agent-based modeling study.BMC public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
Meat consumption is a major contributor to global warming. Given the worldwide growing demand of meat, and the severe impact of meat production on the planet, reducing animal protein consumption is a matter of food security and public health. Changing consumer food behavior is a challenge. Taste preferences, culinary traditions and social norms factor into food choices. Since behavioral change cannot occur without the subject's positive attitude based on reasons and motivations, a total of 34 papers on consumer attitudes and behavior towards meat consumption in relation to environmental concerns were examined. The results show that consumers aware of the meat impact on the planet, willing to stop or significantly reduce meat consumption for environmental reasons, and who have already changed their meat intake for ecological concerns are a small minority. However, environmental motives are already appealing significant proportions of Westerners to adopt certain meat curtailment strategies. Those who limit meat intake for environmental reasons are typically female, young, simply meat-reducer (not vegan/vegetarian), ecology-oriented, and would more likely live in Europe and Asia than in the U.S.
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