Research
Macro partitioning
As income and food system industrialization increase, per capita supply of animal-source foods increases, while supply of pulses and coarse grains decreases.
As your income rises, you may naturally gravitate towards more animal proteins and away from pulses and coarse grains. Be aware that this shift is a common economic trend, not necessarily a nutritional improvement. Pulses and coarse grains remain valuable, nutrient-dense components of a balanced diet.
GoodSupportsHIGH confidence
The data confirm the well-established observation that people purchase more animal-sourced foods as incomes increase... Pulses show a clear downward trend across the typology... coarse grains... are seen as inferior goods, and people choose to consume less of these foods when they have more income
Why this rating
Global observational data from FAOSTAT.
Source
Global food systems transitions have enabled affordable diets but had less favourable outcomes for nutrition, environmental health, inclusion and equity
Ramya Ambikapathi et al. · Nature Food · 2022
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