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Impact of meat consumption on health and environmental sustainability /

"This book addresses the difficulties, challenges, and opportunities in reducing excessive meat consumption in order to mitigate human and environmental damage"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: IGI Global
Group Author: Raphaely, Talia, 1966- (Editor); Marinova, Dora (Editor)
Published: IGI Global,
Publisher Address: Hershey, Pa. :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Meat industry and trade > Environmental aspects.
Meat industry and trade > Health aspects.
Food of animal origin > Health aspects.
Animal welfare considerations
Antibiotic resistance linked to livestock
Developing world perspectives
Ethical education
Human health impacts of meat consumption
Meat and climate change
Media coverage of meat consumption
Media coverage of meat production
Online Access: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-9553-5
Summary: "This book addresses the difficulties, challenges, and opportunities in reducing excessive meat consumption in order to mitigate human and environmental damage"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: PDFs (410 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781466695542
Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
Index Number: HD9410
CLC: F416.82
Contents: The greenhouse gas emissions of various dietary practices and intervention possibilities to reduce this impact / Celia Green [and 4 others] -- A fresh look at livestock greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation / Robert Goodland -- Improving the understanding of climate change factors with images / Geoff Russell -- Water quality impacts of abattoir activities in Southern Africa / Never Mujere -- Livestock and climate change: an analysis of media coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald / Xavier Mayes -- Environmental concerns and the mainstreaming of veganism / Nick Pendergrast -- Meat and dietary guidelines / Rosemary Stanton -- Red meat and health: evidence regarding red meat, health, and chronic disease risk / Kate Marsh, Angela Saunders, Carol Zeuschner -- The future of antibiotics and meat / Talia Raphaely, Dora Marinova, Mira Marinova -- Impact of meat consumption on the health of people, the animals they eat, and the earth's resources / Joyce D'Silva -- China's growing meat demands: implications for sustainability / Xiumei Guo, Talia Raphaely, Dora Marinova -- Exploring flexitarianism: meat reduction in a meat-centred food culture / Hans Dagevos -- Feasting from the federal trough: how the meat, egg and dairy industries gorge on taxpayer dollars while fighting modest rules / Paul Shapiro -- Sustainable food consumption: a mission almost impossible because of the west / Amzad Hossain -- Meat myths and marketing / Diana Bogueva, Ian Phau -- Intensive speciesism regions in Brazil: ethical and social stains in territories supplying global meat markets / Luciano Florit, Cristiane Sbardelati -- Meat production and consumption: an ethical educational approach / Paula Br ugger, Dora Marinova, Talia Raphaely -- After meat / Jonathan Balcombe.

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