Essays about: "meat consumption"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 176 essays containing the words meat consumption.

  1. 1. In Defense of Consuming Animal Products : How Human Suffering Can Justify the Consumption of Animal Products in Developed Countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Dennis Magyari Djerdj; [2024]
    Keywords : Animal Ethics; Applied Ethics; Ethics; Veganism; Eating Meat; Animal Products; Consuming; Against Veganism; Defending Meat Consumption; Animal Welfare;

    Abstract : Within the area of animal ethics, there has been ongoing discussion around whether people in developed countries are justified in consuming animal based products or not, some argue that we are, and some argue that we aren't. In this paper I present a kind of middle-way position in response to the ongoing discussion, in which I argue that a decent chunk of a population in developed countries are justified in consuming certain animal products, but only so far as the exclusion of these animal based products would cause harm to the boycotter. READ MORE

  2. 2. The impact of social norms on attitude towards alternative protein consumption: a comparison between the Swedish and Dutch population

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Luc Roefs; [2023-11-06]
    Keywords : Sustainable consumption in a food context;

    Abstract : In this study wo examined how people in the Netherlands and Sweden feel and think about meat alternatives and if social norms influence their choices. We learned that if people believe their friends or family like meat alternatives, they are more likely to try them too. READ MORE

  3. 3. The role of meat and plant-based food consumption on greenhouse gas emissions: : testing the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Örebro Universitet

    Author : Oliver Röman; [2023]
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  4. 4. Saturated Facts - An analysis of the Corporate Political Activity of the Italian meat sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Luca Franchini; [2023]
    Keywords : corporate political activity; meat sector; information and communication strategies; lobbying; shape public opinion.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The meat sector is a known contributor to pressing environmental and public health problems such as climate change and antimicrobial resistance. Despite this, efforts to encourage changes in meat consumption face multiple barriers. READ MORE

  5. 5. Climate impact of ultra-processed foods in the Swedish diet

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Hanna Maria Linnéa Eneroth; [2023]
    Keywords : climate impact; culinary ingredients; diet; food consumption; food processing; greenhouse gas emissions; minimally processed foods; NOVA; ultra-processed foods;

    Abstract : The climate impact associated with food consumption is large. The size of the impact depend on the type of food and how it is produced. Food systems are currently changing and urbanization and increased affluence of consumers have led to an overall increase in food consumption and a rise in consumption of processed foods globally. READ MORE