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ReviewEco-Environment & Health2026

Health and environmental evidence, challenges, and sustainable strategies of Planetary Health Diet: A mixed-methods review.

Lan Jiang, Jia Wang, Mengya Gao, Howard Bergman, Lei Cheng, Yanan Liu, Hongmei Ji, Ru Yan, Vijaya Raghavan, Jin Wang

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Review in Eco-Environment & Health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Lan JiangKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Jia WangKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Mengya GaoKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Howard BergmanDepartment of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada.
Lei ChengDepartments of Allergology and Otorhinolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, China.
Yanan LiuKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.
Hongmei JiNanjing Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology, Nanjing 210046, China.
Ru YanNanjing Institute of Measurement and Testing Technology, Nanjing 210046, China.
Vijaya RaghavanDepartment of Bioresource Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9, Canada.
Jin WangKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, and Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Planetary Health Diet (PHD) was proposed by the Lancet Commission in 2019. It is a new way of eating that aims to improve both human health and the environment simultaneously. However, recent practice demonstrates persistent cognitive gaps in terms of systematic quantification of health benefits, robust evidence of environmental impacts, and region-specific implementation pathways. This study systematically integrates epidemiological evidence to clarify the associations between PHD and reduced risks of diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. Additionally, the study talks about how it affects the demand for agricultural land, the stress on freshwater resources, the release of greenhouse gases, and the imbalance in nitrogen and phosphorus cycles. The study elucidates various multidimensional obstacles to global PHD adoption, including limitations in natural resources, regional economic inequalities, scaling challenges in food technology innovation, and resistance to cultural and intergenerational transmission. To tackle these issues, the study proposes a four-dimensional synergistic approach: encouraging innovation in food production systems, creating fair food distribution systems, building policy intervention toolkits, and designing behavioral incentives. These evidence-based solutions offer both theoretical foundations and actionable paradigms for sustainable food system transformation.

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ChallengesEnvironmentHealth outcomesPlanetary Health DietStrategies

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PMID41810019
PMCPMC12969111

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