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Blas Morente, Alejandro, Garrido Colmenero, Alberto ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6167-7646 and Willaarts, Barbara
(2018).
Water impacts of food patterns : sustainable diets and food waste water footprints.
In: "X Congreso Ibérico de Gestión y Planificación del Agua", 06/09/2018-08/09/2018, Coimbra, Portugal. p. 11.
Title: | Water impacts of food patterns : sustainable diets and food waste water footprints |
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Item Type: | Presentation at Congress or Conference (Article) |
Event Title: | X Congreso Ibérico de Gestión y Planificación del Agua |
Event Dates: | 06/09/2018-08/09/2018 |
Event Location: | Coimbra, Portugal |
Title of Book: | Libro de Actas del X Congreso Ibérico de Gestión y Planificación del Agua |
Date: | September 2018 |
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Freetext Keywords: | Dietary shifts; sustainability; virtual water; water savings; food waste |
Faculty: | Centro de Estudios e Investigación para la Gestión de Riesgos Agrarios y Medioambientales (CEIGRAM) (UPM) |
Department: | Economía Agraria, Estadística y Gestión de Empresas |
Creative Commons Licenses: | Recognition - No derivative works - Non commercial |
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Global food demand is increasing and changing rapidly as a result of multiple drivers as population growth or urban dietary shifts. Managing food consumption (people’s eating habits) might deliver important co-benefits from a water perspective. Many recent studies have addressed the relationship between diet habits and associated water impacts. The goal of this study is to assess and compare the water footprint (WF) of two recommended diets (Mediterranean and American) in Spain and US. Moreover also focuses on assessing the WF of the food consumption and its associated food waste in Spanish households during one year. Our results show that the American diet has a 29% higher WF, regardless of products' origin. Food consumption and waste WFs in Spain are 3,302 and 131 litres/person day respectively. A shift back to a Mediterranean diet, in which fruits, fish and vegetables account for a larger share of the food intake, would deliver great water savings.
Item ID: | 55286 |
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DC Identifier: | https://oa.upm.es/55286/ |
OAI Identifier: | oai:oa.upm.es:55286 |
Official URL: | http://congresoiberico.org/ |
Deposited by: | Memoria Investigacion |
Deposited on: | 16 Jul 2019 11:53 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jul 2019 11:53 |