ArticleThe Journal of nutrition2020
The EAT-Lancet Commission's Dietary Composition May Not Prevent Noncommunicable Disease Mortality.
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- Examining the link between adherence to the planetary health diet pattern and mortality in the us: a prospective cohort study.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Alignment of dietary patterns with EAT-Lancet recommendations: a cross-sectional study of plant-based energy and nutrient intakes in New Zealand adolescents.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Article
- Association between adherence to the EAT-Lancet sustainable reference diet and cardiovascular health among European adolescents: the HELENA study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
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- Social and economic dimensions of food sustainability - a background paper for the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations.Food & nutrition research · 2024Review
- Plant-based diets-impacts of consumption of little or no animal-source foods on human health.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
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- The nutrient profile and cost of specialty dietary patterns: a hypothetical case study.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Association between adherence to Eat-Lancet diet and incidence and mortality of lung cancer: A prospective cohort study.Cancer science · 2023Article
- Relative validity of the Planetary Health Diet Index by comparison with usual nutrient intakes, plasma food consumption biomarkers, and adherence to the Mediterranean diet among European adolescents: the HELENA study.European journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- The Effect of a Planetary Health Diet on the Human Gut Microbiome: A Descriptive Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Global trends and research hotspots of EAT-Lancet diet: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- How to Build Healthy Societies: A Thematic Analysis of Relevant Conceptual Frameworks.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Article
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Abstract
The recently published EAT-Lancet Commission report on dietary impacts on the environment suggested that their proposed diet could prevent more than 10 million annual premature mortalities from noncommunicable diseases globally. The report did not meet standards for transparency and replicability, nor did it fully account for statistical uncertainty. Our attempt to replicate the mortality calculations for the United States revealed flaws in the assumptions and methods used to estimate the avoided mortalities. After correcting some calculation errors and fully accounting for uncertainty in the avoided mortalities, the mortality reduction effect of the EAT-Lancet proposed diet in the USA is no greater than the impact of energy consumption changes that would prevent under-weight, over-weight, and obesity alone. As our findings call into question the global conclusions of the EAT-Lancet report, futher independent validation is needed before it can be used to inform dietary guidelines.
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