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Dairy Council

Sustainable diets

This section contains information on healthy diets from sustainable food systems and, in particular, on the role dairy foods can play. 

It includes presentations from our conferences and symposia, and from our publications including the EU Sustainable Dairy Fact Book series.

  • Nutrition – Fact Book 2018

  • Nutrition – Fact Book 2019

  • Nutrition – Fact Book 2020

  • Nutrition – Fact Book 2021

For more on the EU Sustainable Dairy Programme click here

DCNI Nutrition & Health Conference, Belfast, March 2023

Professor Nicole Darmon, French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
Studying dietary shifts to improve nutrition and sustainability: how do we best measure it?

You can watch a recording of Prof Darmon's presentation here

Annual Dairy Council Nutrition Lecture at Ulster University, November 2020 

Professor Adam Drewnowski, University of Washington
Healthy diets from sustainable food systems – new research on protein quality

 

EU Sustainable Dairy Symposium, September 2019

Professor Adam Drewnowski, University of Washington
Healthy diets from sustainable food systems

 

DCNI Nutrition & Health Conference, Belfast, April 2019

Dr Stephan Peters, The Dutch Dairy Association
The challenge of healthy and sustainable diets: a place for dairy foods?

 

DCNI Nutrition & Health Conference, Belfast, April 2018

Professor Ian Givens, University of Reading
Putting nutrition at the heart of sustainable diets

 

DCNI Nutrition & Health Conference, Belfast, April 2015

Professor Julie Lovegrove, University of Reading
The challenge of healthy and sustainable diets – the place of dairy foods 

  

European Milk Forum (EMF) Symposia, April 2015

Professor Pieter van ‘t Veer and Dr Anneleen Kuijsten, Wageningen University, The Netherlands.
The challenge of healthy, sustainable diets: the journey from food to nutrition