Young Italians are more and more
climatarian at the dinner table, a new Barilla Center for Food
and Nutrition (BCFN) survey showed Monday.
The term climatarian appeared on the New York Times list of
top 2015 food-related words, and means someone whose diet is
based on locally sourced food, on limiting food waste, and on
avoiding the most energy-consuming of meat products in a bid to
reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change.
The survey of 800 Italians aged 18-30 across Italy's regions
showed 62% are willing to adopt sustainable diets, 64% said they
don't have negative repercussions on social life, and 73%
believe such a diet to be nutritious.
Another 61% believes such diets are too expensive - which
is a mistaken public perception, according to the BCFN.
A meat-based diet actually costs 0.85 euros more a day on
average than a vegan or vegetarian one, while cutting meat
consumption to twice a week equals savings of 4.50 euros a week
and more than 320 euros a year per household, according to April
2015 data from the Italian Price Observatory.
"Eating healthy doesn't cost more," the BCFN study said.
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