Keywords: Sustainable diets, environment preservation, health and nutrition, menu cost

Abstract: This document aims to offer a general introduction to the trade off between nutrition, health, diets and environment, following mainly the Double Pyramid approach started by BCFN in 2010. Taking Mediterranean diet as a sustainable diet reference model– as it is low in fats and meat consumption, whereas high in vegetables and whole cereals -­‐, it analyzes the environmental impact and economic costs of the above mentioned model, making comparisons with other dietary habits.

Contribution to the 3rd International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Venice in 2012.