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Cigarette-style climate warnings on food could cut meat consumption, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)

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People are used to seeing stark warnings on tobacco products alerting them about the potentially deadly risks to health. Now a study suggests similar labelling on food could help them make wiser choices about not just their health, but the health of the planet.

The research, by academics at Durham University, found that warning labels including a graphic image – similar to those warning of impotence, heart disease or lung cancer on cigarette packets – could reduce selections of meals containing meat by 7-10%.

It is a change that could have a material impact on the future of the planet. According to a recent YouGov poll, 72% of the UK population classify themselves as meat-eaters. But the Climate Change Committee (CCC), which advises the government on its net zero goals, has said the UK needs to slash its meat consumption by 20% by 2030, and 50% by 2050, in order to meet them.

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[–] Water1053 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I watched this video about how reducing meat consumption isn't the silver bullet it's made out to be. I'd really like to hear what other people think about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGG-A80Tl5g

[–] Miphera 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I haven't watched this video, but I do wanna point out that this channel also made a video called "vegan diets don't work", which was full of correlation = causation, cherry picking or straight up misrepresenting data, and just generally going against the scientific consensus on several key issues in that video.

I'm strapped for time, so I'll just paste one of the comments under that video here:

Veganism is not healthy because more than 50% of vegans quit -> following the same logic: exercising is not healthy because 90% of people quit after the first 3 months

Bases knowledge of Western Prices almost century-old studies (1927 and 1939) instead of relying on the most recent state-of-the-art studies

Refined foods = Veganism (folowing this logic, white bread is only eaten by vegans)

Netherlands and Montenegro have the tallest people in the world and at the same time they drink a lot of milk, this is correlation and not causation.

The study itself overlooked individuals and instead focused on average, this is an ecological fallacy. We could say the same about smoking, if you plot smoking and timespan per country we could say the more people smoke the longer their lifespan is, which is ridiculous.

See for yourself the remaining of the video, this continues on!

So probably take this one with a big grain of salt.

[–] Water1053 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The video isn't really about debunking veganism on an individual level. It's more about the benefits of cows to society and avoiding waste.

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[–] veganpizza69 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

oh, god, it's the "What I failed to learn" channel.

For everyone one of his meat shilling videos there are dozens of debunking videos. Doesn't matter because people love to watch good news about bad habits.

[–] Water1053 2 points 10 months ago

Can you DM me a debunking video? I like to hear both sides