Healthy and Sustainable Diets in China and Their Global Implications

Current diets in China and worldwide are neither healthy nor sustainable. This paper addresses this challenge focusing on China, which has experienced a rapid dietary transition in recent decades. We investigate how China can improve both health and environmental outcomes by adopting healthy and sustainable diets through a literature review and a food system modeling exercise. We further analyze how policy interventions, including both supply- and consumer-side strategies, can promote the transition toward such diets. The findings provide valuable lessons for other countries facing comparable challenges.