How diets affect human health and environmental sustainability

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. May 2018. Major: Natural Resources Science and Management. Advisors: Stephen Polasky, David Tilman. 1 computer file (PDF); iv, 158 pages.Dietary patterns are shifting to include more calories, processed foods, and animal products as populations become more affluent and urbanized. These dietary transitions have driven increases in diet-related diseases and environmental impacts. My thesis explores these links between diets, human health, and the environment – the diet-health-environment trilemma – and discusses and discusses what can be done to reduce the future impact that humanity’s dietary choices are projected to have on human and environmental health