The carbon footprint of dietary guidelines around the world: a seven country modeling study

Nutrition Journal

Table 1 Daily recommended amounts of each food group for a 2000-kcal diet by country, scaled to common units^a

	Protein foods (g)	Dairy^b (ml)	Grains (g)	Fruit (g)	Vegetables (g)	Oils/fats (g)
Germany^c	99	524	362	250	512	35
India^c	75^e	300	330	100	500	25
Oman	168	118	662^g	686	420	56
The Netherlands^d	150	415	428^g	200	250	40
Thailand	135	237	600^h	784	200	N/A
United States^d	156	710	170	392	350	27
US Vegetarian^d	97	710	184	392	350	27
Uruguay^c	91^f	455	227¹	455^j		25
EAT-Lancet	167	194	186	160	280	42

^aDaily recommendations for a 2000-kcal diet. For the Netherlands, Uruguay, and EAT-Lancet, the 2053 kcal, 2200 kcal and 2500 kcal diets were scaled to 2000 kcal. For recommendations that are presented as ranges, we used the mid-points of the range. See Supplemental Table 1 for more details on the specific recommendations from each country.
^bDairy quantities are listed as volumes. When the FBDG specified a gram amount for milk, this was converted to ml using a density of 1.0305 g/ml [54]
^cThese diets also include recommended amounts of sugar/sweeteners (32 g in Germany, 30 g in India, & 60 g in Uruguay)
^dThese diets also include recommended amounts of discretionary calories (308 in the Netherlands, 270 cal in US, and 290 in US Vegetarian)
^ePulses only
^fEggs, fish and seafood, meat
^gIncludes potatoes
^hIncludes roots and tubers
ⁱIncludes legumes
^j Fruit and vegetables form one group in Uruguay, so the 455 g is the recommendation for the combined group

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