Opportunities To Achieve Healthy, Sustainable Food Choices in China Through Behavior Change

The report analyzes the transition of Chinese diets toward higher salt, fat, sugar, and animal product consumption over 30 years. It argues that widespread adoption of the 2022 Chinese Dietary Guidelines (CDGs) would provide a "triple win" for food security, public health, and the environment. The document identifies specific areas of overconsumption (livestock, poultry, and cereals) and underconsumption (aquatic products, eggs, dairy, fruit, legumes, and nuts) relative to the CDGs. To accelerate this shift, it suggests a behavioral change framework focusing on six pillars: People, Product, Policy, Presentation, Promotion, and Placement.

• Adopting the 2022 Chinese Dietary Guidelines could simultaneously improve food security and health while lowering China's diet-related environmental footprint.
• Compared to the 2022 CDGs, the Chinese population consumes too much livestock and poultry meat and cereals, while consuming too few aquatic products, eggs, dairy, fresh fruit, and legumes and nuts.
• The adoption of the CDGs can be accelerated through behavioral change interventions targeting People, Product, Policy, Presentation, Promotion, and Placement.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Opportunities To Achieve Healthy, Sustainable Food Choices in China Through Behavior Change. https://www.wri.org/research/healthy-sustainable-food-choices-china-behavior-change

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Opportunities To Achieve Healthy, Sustainable Food Choices in China Through Behavior Change. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/healthy-sustainable-food-choices-china-behavior-change.

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendopportunities, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Opportunities To Achieve Healthy, Sustainable Food Choices in China Through Behavior Change}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/healthy-sustainable-food-choices-china-behavior-change}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }