抄録
It is reported that half of all human environmental impact is food related and changes in the production and consumption of meat are most challenging of all food product categories (Jongen and Meerdink, 2005). Food supplies the energy required by the body and other health beneficial food components. Consuming more or lesser calories than expended will result in weight gain or loss and insufficient intake of even one essential nutrient over a long time will create food related health problems. Therefore, we attempt to evaluate the effect of dietary choices on the environmental load from the meat sector in Japan. This study reveals that a change in dietary choices helps to abate the environmental load from the meat sector in Japan.
