Recent publication in Nature Food – Dietary shifts can reduce premature deaths related to particulate matter pollution in China

2021.12.28

Prof. Amos Pui-Kuen Tai, leader of the study (middle), Prof. Hon-Ming Lam, Co-Author of the paper (right), and Prof. Joe Shing-Yip Lee, Co-Director of ENSURE.

(image from CUHK Press Release)

 

A collaborative study led by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) had reveled that less meat-intensive diet can reduce premature deaths related to air pollution in China. This interdisciplinary work was conducted jointly with the University of Exeter (Exeter) and Peking University under the CUHK – Exeter Joint Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (ENSURE).

The leader of the study Prof. Amos Pui Kuen Tai, and co-author of the paper Prof. Hon-Ming Lam shared their view to the media. The finding was published in the journal Nature Food.

Full text of the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43016-021-00430-6 or https://rdcu.be/cDlXN

 

News coverage:

2021-12-28      CUHK Press Release        CUHK interdisciplinary study finds adoption of a less meat-intensive diet can reduce premature deaths related to air pollution in China

2021-12-28      TVB News        中大研究指中國人對肉類需求增加致空氣污染加劇 倡多菜少肉

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2021-12-28      Commercial Radio Hong Kong        中大團隊籲減少食肉紓緩空氣污染及降低死亡率

2021-12-28      Headline Daily 中大研究證多食肉類致空氣污染 每年致中國9萬人早死

2021-12-28      Hong Kong In-media       中大研究:中國人近30年嗜肉 間接致9萬人死亡

2021-12-28      The Epoch Times     中大跨學科研究:嗜肉飲食加劇空氣污染 增加因空氣污染而引致的死亡人數

2021-12-28      Hong Kong Commercial Daily 中大研究:多菜少肉飲食模式可減輕中國嚴重空氣污染問題

2021-12-29      RTHK 3     Backchat: Expanding child abuse scandal; and why you should eat less meat

2021-12-29      Ta Kung Pao     中大:嗜肉飲食習慣 加劇空氣污染

2021-12-29      Sing Tao Daily  中大:少食肉可減兩成空污

2021-12-29      Oriental Daily News        研究:植物性飲食減空污「救命」

2021-12-29      Sky Post   中大研究:食肉多增氨排放 致每年9萬人死於空氣污染

2021-12-29      am730     一齊出力 研究指多吃肉致空氣污染惡化 中大建議市民多菜少肉

2021-12-29      South China Morning Post      Eating less meat can help reduce 75,000 premature deaths related to air pollution in China, study finds

2021-12-29      The Standard   Meaty fears for air

 

 

Click here to see the following news paper cutting:

中大:嗜肉飲食習慣 加劇空氣污染  [Ta Kung Pao] 2021-12-29 A06 港聞

中大:少食肉可減兩成空污  [Sing Tao Daily] 2021-12-29 A10 港聞

研究:植物性飲食減空污「救命」  [Oriental Daily News] 2021-12-29 A06 要聞

中大研究:食肉多增氨排放 致每年9萬人死於空氣污染  [Sky Post] 2021-12-29 P08 港聞

一齊出力 研究指多吃肉致空氣污染惡化 中大建議市民多菜少肉  [am730] 2021-12-29 A09 本地新聞

Study finds eating less meat may improve air quality, reduce premature deaths  [South China Morning Post] 2021-12-29 EDT6 EDT Zoe Low zoe.low@scmp.com

Meaty fears for air  [The Standard] 2021-12-29 P08 Local Maisy Mok

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