Overview of Optimeal publications and reports

Sustainable diets Sustainable nutrition assessment Tools

Optimeal and the included environmental data have been applied in several peer-reviewed scientific papers. 

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2023

Eating for net zero Technical Report

Eating for net zero: how diet shift can enable a nature positive net-zero transition in the UK.

Blonk Sustainability Tools Consultants, 2023

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2022

Added and free sugars in the context of nutritious and sustainable diets

Lisanne de Weert, Marty Heller, Alessandra Grasso, 2022

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2021

Environmental impact and nutritional value of food products using the seaweed Saccharina latissima

Petronella Margaretha Slegers, Roel Johannes Karel Helmes, Marlies Draisma, Roline Broekema, Mila Vlottes, Sander Willem Kors van den Burg (2021). Environmental impact and nutritional value of food products using the seaweed Saccharina latissima, Journal of Cleaner Production 319 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128689   

Protein for a Healthy Future: How to Increase Protein Intake in an Environmentally Sustainable Way in Older Adults in the Netherlands

Alessandra C Grasso, Margreet R Olthof, Corné van Dooren, Roline Broekema, Marjolein Visser, Ingeborg A Brouwer The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 151, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 109–119, https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa322  

Towards a sustainable, healthy and affordable Belgian diet (WWF BE): Optimising the Belgian diet for nutritional and environmental targets

Caroline te Pas, Lisanne de Weert, Roline Broekema, Brouwer, 2021

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2020

Future-proof and sustainable healthy diets based on current eating patterns in the Netherlands

Roline Broekema, Marcelo Tyszler, Pieter van 't Veer, Frans J Kok, Agnès Martin, Anne Lluch, Hans T J Blonk (2020). Future-proof and sustainable healthy diets based on current eating patterns in the Netherlands, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,  https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqaa217  

2019 and earlier

Comparing the Performance of Bread and Breakfast Cereals, Dairy, and Meat in Nutritionally Balanced and Sustainable Diets

Kramer, G. F. H., Martinez, E. V, Espinoza-orias, N. D., Cooper, K. A., Tyszler, M., & Blonk, H. (2018). Comparing the Performance of Bread and Breakfast Cereals, Dairy, and Meat in Nutritionally Balanced and Sustainable Diets, Frontiers in Nutrition, 5 (June), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2018.00051  

Eating for 2 degrees - new and updated Livewell Plates

WWF UK & Blonk Consultants, 2017

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Decreasing the overall environmental impact of the Dutch diet: how to find healthy and sustainable diets with limited changes

Kramer, G., Tyszler, M., Veer, P., & Blonk, H. (2017). Decreasing the overall environmental impact of the Dutch diet: How to find healthy and sustainable diets with limited changes. Public Health Nutrition, 1-11. doi:10.1017/S1368980017000349 

Putting sustainable diets into practice

Gerard Kramer, Hans Blonk, Food Science & Technology Journal 2016

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Combining Low Price, Low Climate Impact and High Nutritional Value in One Shopping Basket through Diet Optimization by Linear Programming

Corné van Dooren, Marcelo Tyszler, Gerard F.H. Kramer and Harry Aiking Sustainability 2015, 7(9), 12837-12855, https://doi.org/10.3390/su70912837

Menu for Tomorrow: sustainably produced and healthy food in the Netherlands

Research for the Dutch environmental organisation Natuur & Milieu. Optimeal was used to compile a sustainable & healthy diet. October 2015 
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How may a shift towards a more sustainable food consumption pattern affect nutritient intakes of Dutch children?

Elisabeth H.M. Temme, Helena M.E. Bakker, S. Marije Seves, Janneke Verkaik-Kloosterman, Arnold L. Dekkers, Joop MA van Raaij and Marga C. Ocké Public Health Nutrition, Volume 18, Issue 13, September 2015, pp 2468-2478

DOI: 10.1017/S1368980015002426  

Environmental impact of dairy substitution

Factsheet developed for Dutch Dairy Association (Nederlandse Zuivel Organisatie, NZO) September 2015 

Comparing Apples with Oranges: On the functional equivalence of food products for comparative LCA

Marcelo Tyszler, Gerard F.H. Kramer, Hans Blonk. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, August 2014, Volume 19, Issue 8, pp 1482-1487 

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Just eating healthier is not enough: studying the environmental impact of different diet scenarios for the Netherlands by Linear Programming

Marcelo Tyszler, Gerard F.H. Kramer, Hans Blonk. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessments, 2015, doi: 10.1007/s11367-0981-9  

Optimeal een gezonde voetafdruk

Article about Optimeal published in Vork magazine (in Dutch).

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Reducing our environmental footprint and improving our health: greenhouse gas emission and land use of usual diet and mortality in EPIC-NL: a prospective cohort study

Biesbroek S, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Verschuren WM, van der Schouw YT, Kramer GFH, Tyszler M, Temme EH. Environ Health. 2014 Apr 7;13(1):27 

https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069x-13-27 

Exploring dietary guidelines based on ecological and nutritional values: A comparison of six dietary patterns

C. van Dooren, Mari Marinussen, Hans Blonk, Harry Aiking, Pier Vellinga., Food Policy. 01/2014; 44:36–46. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.11.002 

Studying the environmental impact of different diet scenarios for the Netherlands with Optimeal®

Poster presented by Gerard Kramer during the WPHNA conference, Building Healthy Global Food Systems: A new imperative for public health Keble College Oxford, September 8-9, 2014 

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Defining a nutritionally healthy, environmentally friendly, and culturally acceptable Low Lands Diet

Corné van Dooren & Harry Aiking, 9th International Conference LCA of Food San Francisco, USA 8-10 October 2014 

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Greenhouse gas emission of diets in the Netherlands and associations with food, energy and macronutrient intakes

Elisabeth HM Temme, Ido B Toxopeus, Gerard FH Kramer, Marinka CC Brosens, José MM Drijvers, Marcelo Tyszler and Marga C Ocké, Public Health Nutr. 2014 Dec 29:1-13 

https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980014002821