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Un enfoque matricial para comunicar visualmente simultáneamente los impactos ambientales y sanitarios de los
Andrew Berardy1,2, Ujué Fresán1,3, Nazanin Abbaspour1
1Center for Nutrition, Lifestyle and Disease Prevention, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States.
Frontiers in nutrition
|August 21, 2025
Resumen
Este estudio visualiza los impactos de los alimentos en la salud y el medio ambiente, mostrando que los alimentos de origen vegetal y menos procesados son mejores para la salud y el planeta. La carne tiene una huella de carbono notablemente alta.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias del medio ambiente
- Ciencias de la nutrición
- Salud pública
Sus antecedentes:
- La investigación limitada comunica efectivamente los impactos ambientales y de salud de los alimentos al mismo tiempo.
- Existe la necesidad de formatos visuales fácilmente comprensibles para informar la toma de decisiones.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Desarrollar una visualización clara de las características relativas de los alimentos (impactos en la salud y el medio ambiente).
- Fomentar las elecciones alimentarias informadas entre los consumidores y las partes interesadas.
Principales métodos:
- Datos agregados de metaanálisis y revisiones sobre la huella de carbono y los efectos en la salud de 30 grupos de alimentos comunes en los Estados Unidos.
- Grupos de alimentos categorizados por su propiedad para la salud (favorable, neutral, desfavorable) y su huella de carbono (baja, media, alta).
- Desarrolló una matriz de código de color 3x3 para mostrar estas clasificaciones.
Principales resultados:
- La visualización presenta simultáneamente los impactos ambientales y las implicaciones para la salud de los grupos de alimentos.
- Los alimentos de origen vegetal y menos procesados son generalmente preferibles a las opciones de origen animal y más procesadas.
- La huella de carbono excepcionalmente grande de la carne de res se destaca con un énfasis visual específico.
Conclusiones:
- La matriz codificada por colores comunica intuitivamente las compensaciones para la salud y el medio ambiente de las opciones de alimentos.
- Los hallazgos se alinean con las investigaciones existentes sobre la salud y las clasificaciones ambientales de los alimentos.
- Esta visualización puede ayudar a mejorar las opciones para la salud humana y planetaria.
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