Health burden from food systems is highly unequal across income groups

Zheng，Lianming1,2; Adalibieke，Wulahati3; Zhou，Feng3,4; He，Pan5; Chen，Yilin1,2,6; Guo，Peng1,2; He，Jinling1,2; Zhang，Yuanzheng3; Xu，Peng7; Wang，Chen1,2; Ye，Jianhuai1,2; Zhu，Lei1,2; Shen，Guofeng3; Fu，Tzung May1,2; Yang，Xin1,2; Zhao，Shunliu8; Hakami，Amir8; Russell，Armistead G.9; Tao，Shu1,2,3; Meng，Jing10; Shen，Huizhong1,2

2024-03-01

10.1038/s43016-024-00946-7

Nature Food   影响因子和分区

2662-1355

Food consumption contributes to the degradation of air quality in regions where food is produced, creating a contrast between the health burden caused by a specific population through its food consumption and that faced by this same population as a consequence of food production activities. Here we explore this inequality within China’s food system by linking air-pollution-related health burden from production to consumption, at high levels of spatial and sectorial granularity. We find that low-income groups bear a 70% higher air-pollution-related health burden from food production than from food consumption, while high-income groups benefit from a 29% lower health burden relative to their food consumption. This discrepancy largely stems from a concentration of low-income residents in food production areas, exposed to higher emissions from agriculture. Comprehensive interventions targeting both production and consumption sides can effectively reduce health damages and concurrently mitigate associated inequalities, while singular interventions exhibit limited efficacy.

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1.Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement and Early Warning Technology for Urban Environmental Health Risks,School of Environmental Science and Engineering,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,China
2.Guangdong Provincial Observation and Research Station for Coastal Atmosphere and Climate of the Greater Bay Area,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,China
3.Institute of Carbon Neutrality,Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes,College of Urban and Environmental Sciences,Peking University,Beijing,China
4.College of Geography and Remote Sensing,Hohai University,Nanjing,China
5.School of Earth and Environmental Sciences,Cardiff University,Cardiff,United Kingdom
6.School of Urban Planning and Design,Peking University,Shenzhen Graduate School,Shenzhen,China
7.Institute of Surface-Earth System Science,School of Earth System Science,Tianjin University,Tianjin,China
8.Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Carleton University,Ottawa,Canada
9.School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta,United States
10.The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction,University College London,London,United Kingdom

Zheng，Lianming,Adalibieke，Wulahati,Zhou，Feng,et al. Health burden from food systems is highly unequal across income groups[J]. Nature Food,2024,5(3):251-261.

Zheng，Lianming.,Adalibieke，Wulahati.,Zhou，Feng.,He，Pan.,Chen，Yilin.,...&Shen，Huizhong.(2024).Health burden from food systems is highly unequal across income groups.Nature Food,5(3),251-261.

Zheng，Lianming,et al."Health burden from food systems is highly unequal across income groups".Nature Food 5.3(2024):251-261.