Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent not only the major driver for quality-restricted and l... more Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent not only the major driver for quality-restricted and lost life years; NCDs and their related medical treatment costs also pose a substantial economic burden on healthcare and intra-generational tax distribution systems. The main objective of this study was therefore to quantify the economic burden of unbalanced nutrition in Germany-in particular the effects of an excessive consumption of fat, salt and sugar-and to examine different reduction scenarios on this basis. In this study, the avoidable direct cost savings in the German healthcare system attributable to an adequate intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA), salt and sugar (mono- & disaccharides, MDS) were calculated. To this end, disease-specific healthcare cost data from the official Federal Health Monitoring for the years 2002-2008 and disease-related risk factors, obtained by thoroughly searching the literature, were used. A total of 22 clinical endpoints with 48 risk-outcome pairs w...
The purpose of this document is to describe the susDISH* method, which is designed for use in rec... more The purpose of this document is to describe the susDISH* method, which is designed for use in recipe planning and which takes both health and environmental aspects into consideration. The method was developed at Halle University as part of a project financed by the German Environmental Foundation (DBU), and so far it has been used in case of around 1,000 recipes provided by lunchtime caterers. Specific examples are presented in the second part of the article.
ABSTRACT Economic conditions are forcing farmers to grow crops with high revenue leading to cerea... more ABSTRACT Economic conditions are forcing farmers to grow crops with high revenue leading to cereal dominated crop rotations with increasing risk due to unfavourable preceding crops or preceding crop combinations. Based on a long-term field trial (1988-2001) with 15 different rotations including winter oilseed rape (OSR), winter wheat, winter barley, spring peas and spring oats the effects of different preceding crops, pre-preceding crops and crop rotations on the grain yield of mainly OSR, winter wheat and winter barley were quantified. In the subsequent 2 years (2001/02 and 2002/02), winter wheat was grown on all plots in order to test the residual effects of the former crops (as preceding crops in 2002 and as pre-preceding crops in 2003) and crop rotations on growth, grain yield, and yield components.
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent not only the major driver for quality-restricted and l... more Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent not only the major driver for quality-restricted and lost life years; NCDs and their related medical treatment costs also pose a substantial economic burden on healthcare and intra-generational tax distribution systems. The main objective of this study was therefore to quantify the economic burden of unbalanced nutrition in Germany-in particular the effects of an excessive consumption of fat, salt and sugar-and to examine different reduction scenarios on this basis. In this study, the avoidable direct cost savings in the German healthcare system attributable to an adequate intake of saturated fatty acids (SFA), salt and sugar (mono- & disaccharides, MDS) were calculated. To this end, disease-specific healthcare cost data from the official Federal Health Monitoring for the years 2002-2008 and disease-related risk factors, obtained by thoroughly searching the literature, were used. A total of 22 clinical endpoints with 48 risk-outcome pairs w...
The purpose of this document is to describe the susDISH* method, which is designed for use in rec... more The purpose of this document is to describe the susDISH* method, which is designed for use in recipe planning and which takes both health and environmental aspects into consideration. The method was developed at Halle University as part of a project financed by the German Environmental Foundation (DBU), and so far it has been used in case of around 1,000 recipes provided by lunchtime caterers. Specific examples are presented in the second part of the article.
ABSTRACT Economic conditions are forcing farmers to grow crops with high revenue leading to cerea... more ABSTRACT Economic conditions are forcing farmers to grow crops with high revenue leading to cereal dominated crop rotations with increasing risk due to unfavourable preceding crops or preceding crop combinations. Based on a long-term field trial (1988-2001) with 15 different rotations including winter oilseed rape (OSR), winter wheat, winter barley, spring peas and spring oats the effects of different preceding crops, pre-preceding crops and crop rotations on the grain yield of mainly OSR, winter wheat and winter barley were quantified. In the subsequent 2 years (2001/02 and 2002/02), winter wheat was grown on all plots in order to test the residual effects of the former crops (as preceding crops in 2002 and as pre-preceding crops in 2003) and crop rotations on growth, grain yield, and yield components.
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