Environment-friendly diet and policy priorities to promote sustainable healthy aging across China

IF 9.6 1区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Bingqi Ye , Jialu Yang , Min Xia , Yan Liu
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Abstract

Rapid population aging and growing environmental pressures pose dual challenges to sustainable development, especially in developing countries. The region-specific reference diet (RRD), a culturally appropriate variant of EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet, has been recently proposed for China, but its role in promoting sustainable healthy aging remains unclear. We hypothesize that combining RRD with social determinants can enhance sustainable healthy aging and reduce health disparities. Using 2020 food consumption data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBSC), we estimated provincial RRD adherence and its association with healthy life expectancy (HLE) and Green Development Index (GDI). Based on the data from NBSC, the social return on investment identified five core social determinants, pension coverage, telephone subscriptions, senior care workforce, physician access, and internet use, that significantly reduced the unexplained variance in sustainable healthy aging after adjusting for RRD. Scenario-based simulations were performed by comparing four conditions: (1) 2020 status, (2) 2030 projection, (3) RRD adoption alone, and (4) RRD combined with synergistic social determinants. The integrated strategy based on RRD yielded greater improvements in HLE and GDI compared to the 2020 status and 2030 projection, while also significantly reduced regional and gender disparities compared to all other three conditions. These findings underscore the limitations of dietary interventions in isolation and highlight the potential of a multi-sectoral strategy for advancing equal sustainable healthy aging. Future studies are warranted to assess the impact of RRD-based integrated strategy in sustainable healthy aging in real world, and validate the findings in other countries.
环境友好型饮食和政策重点促进中国可持续健康老龄化
人口迅速老龄化和日益增长的环境压力对可持续发展,特别是发展中国家的可持续发展构成双重挑战。区域特定参考饮食(RRD)是EAT-Lancet行星健康饮食的一种文化上合适的变体,最近已被提出用于中国,但其在促进可持续健康老龄化方面的作用尚不清楚。我们假设将RRD与社会决定因素相结合可以促进可持续健康老龄化并减少健康差距。利用中国国家统计局(NBSC)的2020年食品消费数据,我们估计了各省RRD依从性及其与健康预期寿命(HLE)和绿色发展指数(GDI)的关系。基于NBSC的数据,社会投资回报确定了五个核心社会决定因素,养老金覆盖率,电话用户,高级护理人员,医生获取和互联网使用,在调整RRD后显着减少了可持续健康老龄化的无法解释的方差。通过比较四种情况(1)2020年状况、(2)2030年预测、(3)单独采用RRD以及(4)RRD与协同社会决定因素相结合,进行了基于场景的模拟。与2020年的现状和2030年的预测相比,基于RRD的综合战略在HLE和GDI方面取得了更大的改善,同时与所有其他三种情况相比,也显著减少了区域和性别差距。这些发现强调了单独饮食干预的局限性,并强调了多部门战略在促进平等、可持续的健康老龄化方面的潜力。未来的研究需要评估基于rrd的综合策略在现实世界中对可持续健康老龄化的影响,并验证其他国家的研究结果。
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Sustainable Production and Consumption
Sustainable Production and Consumption Environmental Science-Environmental Engineering
CiteScore
17.40
自引率
7.40%
发文量
389
审稿时长
13 days
期刊介绍: Sustainable production and consumption refers to the production and utilization of goods and services in a way that benefits society, is economically viable, and has minimal environmental impact throughout its entire lifespan. Our journal is dedicated to publishing top-notch interdisciplinary research and practical studies in this emerging field. We take a distinctive approach by examining the interplay between technology, consumption patterns, and policy to identify sustainable solutions for both production and consumption systems.
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