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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2022

The carbon footprint of Italian schools meals: An optimal choice of dishes in vegan, vegetarian, and omnivorous menus.

Luca Benvenuti, Alberto De Santis, Marika Ferrari, Deborah Martone, Laura Rossi

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luca BenvenutiDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Alberto De SantisDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Marika FerrariCREA Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
Deborah MartoneCREA Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
Laura RossiCREA Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Food and Nutrition, Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to assess the carbon footprint associated with vegan, vegetarian, and omnivorous menus for primary school lunches in Italy. For this purpose, healthy and acceptable menus with minimal greenhouse gas emissions have been designed by a binary linear programming model. The results show that the adoption of a specific diet may help in reducing the carbon footprint of menus, but it is the optimal selection of dishes that ultimately makes the difference. Interestingly enough, the optimal choice of dishes and the restriction of meat consumption in omnivorous menus can lead up to a 40% emission reduction compared to the current school lunch menu of the municipality of Rome. Moreover, the optimal choice of dishes in vegan menus provides the menu with the lowest carbon footprint among all kinds of diets.

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binary linear programming (BLP)carbon footprint (CF)school menusvegan dietvegetarian diet

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PMID36118761
PMCPMC9470960
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