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SUSTAINABLE DIET [4 records]

Record 1 2025-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Environment
CONT

Sustainable diets offer many benefits including personal, environmental, social, and economic wellbeing. They prioritize foods that are produced using methods that minimize negative environmental impacts, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, conserving water and soil, and preserving biodiversity. Sustainable diets also typically focus on plant-based foods, which have been shown to have lower greenhouse gas emissions by about 50% less than diets rich in animal products.

Key term(s)
  • SUSTAGRIDUR2025

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Environnement
DEF

Régime alimentaire composé d'aliments qui sont produits et distribués d'une manière qui contribuent à rendre durable le système alimentaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
  • Medio ambiente
DEF

Dieta de bajo impacto ambiental que contribuye a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional de las generaciones actuales y venideras.

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Record 2 2025-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Environment
CONT

Sustainable eating is about choosing foods that are healthful to our environment and our bodies. According the 2019 EAT-Lancet commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems, a global shift toward more plant-based foods would help feed the world's growing population a nutritious and sustainable diet. This plant-based eating style includes more legumes(beans, peas, lentils, peanuts), whole grains, vegetables, fruits and nuts, and less animal-based foods, especially red meat and processed meat. Limiting refined grains and added sugars is encouraged as well.

Key term(s)
  • SUSTAGRIDUR2025

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Environnement
DEF

Alimentation caractérisée par le choix d'aliments qui sont produits ou distribués d'une manière qui contribue à rendre durable le système alimentaire.

CONT

Formé du préfixe éco- et du mot «responsable», le terme «écoresponsable» s'inscrit dans une démarche de développement durable. Il implique de prendre en considération les conséquences potentielles à court et long terme de nos comportements et choix. Par exemple, choisir d'acheter des fruits et légumes locaux et cultivés dans le respect de l'environnement et des travailleurs [...] est considéré comme un choix écoresponsable! L'écoresponsabilité appliquée à l'alimentation implique la minimisation des impacts environnementaux des aliments tout en maximisant les impacts sociaux positifs. Une alimentation écoresponsable est directement liée à l'impact des changements climatiques, qui altèrent à long terme des aspects liés au temps tels que la température, les précipitations, la configuration des vents, etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Dietetics
OBS

American Vegan Society(AVS) is a... nonprofit organization that promotes, supports, and explores a compassionate, healthful, and sustainable lifestyle. The diet is entirely plant-sourced, varied and abundant. For ethical, health, environmental, and other reasons [the group] rejects all animal products in food, clothing and commodities. [They] also refuse to exploit animals for sport, entertainment, and experimentation. AVS is guided by the doctrines reverence for life and ahisma(nonharming and nonviolence) with taking positive action for social change. AVS provides community and friendship to those following and learning about this way of living.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Diététique

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Traffic
DEF

A technique in transportation planning whereby a road is reduced in number of travel lanes and/or effective width in order to achieve systemic improvements.

OBS

road diet : term recommended by the Terminology Committee and standardized by the Validation Committee of the Sustainable Mobility Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation routière
OBS

rétrécissement de chaussée : terme recommandé par le Comité de terminologie et normalisé par le Comité de validation du Lexique de la mobilité durable.

OBS

rétrécissement de route : terme proposé par l'Association mondiale de la route.

Spanish

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