Crona and colleagues proposed a framework of four policy objectives that promote blue food utilization as a source of nutrients, provide healthy alternatives to land animal-based foods, supply nutrient sources with low environmental impact, and safeguard blue foods in cultures, diets, economies, and livelihoods. The authors discovered that African and South American countries possess high blue food availability and that promoting access to culturally relevant blue foods could address vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acid deficiencies. In the Global North, moderate consumption of seafood with low environmental impact can provide an alternative to red meat overconsumption. Blue food diversity can promote policies that have co-benefits for human health and environmental sustainability, economies, livelihoods, and climate resilience. Countries with high cardiovascular disease risk could promote blue food over red meat consumption to address health and environmental concerns. However, the authors also identified trade-offs such as the nutritional content of aquaculture products versus environmental sustainability, domestic consumption versus export revenues, and efficiency, affordability, and availability versus diversification and resilience.
Blue Food Utilization as Policy Objectives
Crona et al. proposed a framework consisting of four policy objectives, namely blue food utilization as a nutrient source, provision of healthy alternatives to land animal-based foods, the supply of nutrient sources with low environmental impact, and the safeguarding of blue foods in cultures, diets, economies, and livelihoods. The authors discovered that African and South American nations possess high blue food availability, implying that access to and consumption of culturally appropriate blue foods could aid in addressing vitamin B12 and omega-3 fatty acid deficiencies. Meanwhile, in the Global North, moderate seafood consumption with a low environmental impact can be an alternative to excessive red meat consumption.
Blue food diversity can promote policies with co-benefits for human health and environmental sustainability, such as health and environmental sustainability, economies, livelihoods, and climate resilience. For example, countries with high cardiovascular disease risk can promote blue food consumption over red meat consumption as part of a comprehensive diet approach to simultaneously address health and environmental concerns. However, the authors also identified trade-offs, such as the nutritional content of aquaculture products versus environmental sustainability, domestic consumption versus export revenues, and efficiency, affordability, and availability versus diversification and resilience.
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