Publications

Bunge, A.C., Mazac, R., Clark, M. et al. Sustainability benefits of transitioning from current diets to plant-based alternatives or whole-food diets in Sweden. Nat Commun 15, 951 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45328-6

Plant-based alternatives (PBAs) are increasingly becoming part of diets. Here, we investigate the environmental, nutritional, and economic implications of replacing animal-source foods (ASFs) with PBAs or whole foods (WFs) in the Swedish diet. Utilising two functional units (mass and energy), we model vegan, vegetarian, and flexitarian scenarios, each based on PBAs or WFs. Our results demonstrate that PBA-rich diets substan...

Kwong, E., Whiting, S., Bunge, A., Leven, Y., Breda, J., Rakovac, I., Cappuccio, F., Wickramasinghe, K.. 2022. Population level salt intake in the WHO European Region in 2022: a systematic review. Public Health Nutrition. doi.org/10.1017/s136898002200218x

Objective: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that adults consume less than 5 grams of salt per day to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. This study aims to examine the average population daily salt intake in the 53 Member States of the WHO European Region. Design: A systematic review was conducted to examine the most up-to-date salt intake data for adults published between 2000 and 2022. ...

Karle-Bhat, S.J., Bunge, A.C. & Dally, E.R. 2021. Insights into a planetary health journey in Germany. Creative Nursing 27(4), 285–289.

Bunge, A.C., Wickramasinghe, K., Renzella, J., Clark, M., Rayner, M., Rippin, H., Halloran, A., Roberts, N. & Breda, J. 2021. Sustainable food profiling models to inform the development of food labels that account for nutrition and the environment: a systematic review. Lancet Planetary Health 5(11), E818–E826.

Sustainable food profiling models (SFPMs) are the scientific basis for the labelling of food products according to their environmental and nutritional impact, allowing consumers to make informed choices. We identified ten SFPMs that score individual foods according to at least two environmental indicators, with the most common being greenhouse gas emissions (n=10) and water use (n=8). Six models additionally assessed the nutri...