Search for dissertations about: "meat consumption"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words meat consumption.

2. 1. A Beef with Meat : Media and Audience Framings of Environmentally Unsustainable Production and Consumption

   Author : Kajsa-Stina Benulic; Anna Maria Jönsson; Magnus Boström; Ulrika Olausson; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Meat; news media; audience; environment; framing; consumption; participation; responsibility; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify potential routes of participation in environmentally sustainable changes of the Swedish meat production and consumption. Changes are needed as meat production and consumption have been linked to serious environmental problems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land use change. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on behavioral economics: Nudges, food consumption and procedural fairness

   Author : Verena Kurz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; Nudging; Field experiment; Meat consumption; Climate change mitigation; Decision heuristics; Food choice; Procedural fairness; Experiment; Coordination; Correlated equilibrium; Recommendations; Volunteer s dilemma;

   Abstract : Decreasing meat consumption holds significant potential for the reduction of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions and the mitigation of climate change. Fostering behavioral change to reduce climate emissions related to food consumption is challenging and requires new strategies based on an understanding of human decision-making. READ MORE

5. 3. Environmental Imprint of Human Food Consumption : Linköping, Sweden 1870 - 2000

   Author : Tina-Simone Schmid Neset; Ulrik Lohm; Susanne Kytzia; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; food consumption; 19th and 20th century; Sweden; material flow analysis; MFA ; substance flow analysis; nitrogen; phosphorus; spatial imprint; lantbruk; miljöaspekter; livsmedelsindustri; livsmedelskonsumtion; markanvändning; Östergötland; 1800-talet; Food science; Livsmedelsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Human food consumption has changed from the late 19th century to the turn of the millennium, and so has the need for resources to sustain this consumption. For the city of Linköping, situated in southeastern Sweden, the environmental imprint of an average inhabitant’s food consumption is studied from the year 1870 to the year 2000. READ MORE

6. 4. Antioxidants as potential anti-inflammatory components in processed meat products

   Author : Stina Burri; Avdelningen för livsmedel och läkemedel; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Plant phenols; Processed meat; Colorectal cancer CRC ; Inflammation;

   Abstract : In 2015, the World health organisation (WHO) released a press statement together with the International Agency for Research in Cancer (IARC) classifying processed meat as carcinogenic. Since then, research in this area has been focused on finding the underlying mechanism(s) responsible for the link between processed meat and the increased prevalence of colorectal cancer. READ MORE

7. 5. Dietary change for sustainable food systems: Effects on climate, land use and health

   Author : Elinor Hallström; Miljö- och energisystem; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; health; nutrition; land use; climate impact; meat; Diet;

   Abstract : Food production and consumption are key drivers of environmental pressures and essential factors in the promotion and maintenance of health. Production of food occupies more than 1/3 of global land areas and is estimated to be responsible for some 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions. READ MORE