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

Nutrition Journal

Table 3 Greenhouse gas emissions (kg of CO2-eq) of daily food group recommendations for a 2000-kcal diet pattern by country^a

	Protein Foods	Dairy	Grains	Fruit	Vegetables	Oils/fats	Total
Germany	0.98	0.81	0.05	0.12	0.20	0.09	2.25^b
India	0.03	0.41	0.11	0.05	0.17	0.08	0.86^b
Oman	1.24	0.17	0.20	0.39	0.27	0.26	2.53
The Netherlands	1.12	0.89	0.08	0.08	0.12	0.15	2.86^c
Thailand	0.63	0.33	0.31	0.47	0.09	N/A	1.83
United States	1.84	1.10	0.02	0.16	0.16	0.03	3.83^c
US Vegetarian	0.06	1.10	0.02	0.16	0.16	0.03	1.80^c
Uruguay	1.50	0.65	0.03	0.18^d		0.04	2.42^b
EAT-Lancet	0.79	0.30	0.03	0.08	0.12	0.05	1.36

^aCalculation of greenhouse gas emissions for each food group requires more specificity than is provided in any country’s recommendations. This specificity comes from using FAO food balance sheet data [46], which provides the proportion of specific foods consumed within a food group and is based on each country’s food availability data
^bTotal includes GHGE of daily recommended amounts of sugar and sweeteners
^cTotal includes GHGE of daily recommended discretionary calories
^dFruit and vegetables form one group in Uruguay, so 0.18 refers to the emissions for the combined group

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