Is Nutrient Quality of the Locally-Existing, EAT-Lancet-like Plant-Based Diet Better or Worse than the Average Diet in Taiwan? An Example of Local Translation

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 16; no. 16; p. 2775
• Main Authors: Pan, Wen-Harn, Wu, Szu-Yun, Chang, Po-Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 20.08.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; calcium; Cardiovascular disease; Diet; Diet - statistics & numerical data; Diet, Healthy - statistics & numerical data; Diet, Plant-Based; Diet, Vegetarian; dietary fiber; Eggs; Energy; Environmental impact; Fatty acids; Female; Food security; Generalized linear models; Humans; Legumes; magnesium; Male; Meat; Meat - analysis; meat consumption; Middle Aged; Mortality; nutrient content; Nutrients - analysis; Nutrition research; Nutrition Surveys; nutritional adequacy; Nutritive Value; phosphorus; plant-based diet; Poultry; Processed foods; Proteins; Recommended Dietary Allowances; red meat; sodium; Statistical analysis; Taiwan; vitamin D; Womens health; Young Adult; zinc; Taiwan; daily food guide; Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan; vitamin B12; planetary health diet; plant-based diet; zinc; EAT-Lancet; red meat

The EAT-Lancet commission advocated a planetary health diet in 2019. Some have raised concerns about its nutrient adequacy. This study used data from recent Nutrition and Health Surveys in Taiwan—from 2017 to 2020 (n = 6538)—to assess food intake and nutrient adequacy among three red meat consumptio...