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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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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[-] BurnedDonutHole@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah it's going to stop people from eating what ever shit that's available for the cheapest price to continue living. I'm pretty sure this is just another bullshit study to talk about how people should eat healthy while they don't have budget or means to...

Edit: It seems many of you missed the meaning of what I'm talking about! Poor people who eat fast food, chicken or whatever processed meat products available for cheap not going to give a fuck about what their meat is labeled. Meat just doesn't mean the steak people buy from the market! If this is so hard for you imbeciles to understand without getting triggered because someone said something you don't understand than there is no need for further discussion. Processed meat consumption (including all kinds of meat beef, lamb, pork, chicken even fish) is the cheapest protein source for poor people. This study is disregarding how poor people do their food shopping. Until so called I can't believe it's meat type of vegetarian alternatives come to the point of real meat poor people going to continue to eat meat. And all you butt hurt so called activist can't even see the difference because you have your head up so high up your high horses to realize what the fuck is normal people going through. Now kindly please go fuck yourselves and don't comment any more unless you have an actual and feasible solution.

[-] pugsnroses77@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

have you seen the prices of beans and rice?? i save a lotta money by not eating meat. even with the outrageous subsidies poured into meat it can still hardly compare.

[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

Meat is cheap because of govt subsidies. And lab grown meat will soon be able to undercut slaughtered meat in price without those subsidies, so the whole “let poor people eat what they can afford” argument will switch sides in the coming years without new protectionist governmental policies.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

How soon? Last I heard, they had insurmountable scaling issues.

[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Problems are always insurmountable until they aren’t. Scaling is one of the last challenges businesses face when bringing new products to market. I don’t have any inside information, but investment is still trending up and companies aren’t throwing in the towel, so they still think they will be able to solve it. Once they do, the industry will change incredibly fast, especially with a market estimated at close to $100b per year.

[-] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I'm watching with great interest.

[-] wooki@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 year ago

When. Fullofshit.

Meat is not “cheap” it’s god dam expensive.

[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

No one said meat is “cheap.” The word was used as a relative comparison, meaning slaughtered meat is cheaper than lab-grown alternatives.

[-] wooki@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Keep telling yourself that.

Meat is cheap

[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] wooki@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 1 year ago
[-] Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Sure there's people that just buy what's cheaper. But there's also people who consciously make the choice of eating meat having the possibility of not doing so. It makes sense to target that part of the population.

Now, if subsidies to the meat and dairy industry was redericted to plant-based farming, then the only reason left to consume animals would be people's choice of personal pleasure over ethical and environmental factors

[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago
[-] BurnedDonutHole@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago

is that what you managed to understand what I'm saying here? If so please go away and waste oxygen somewhere else.

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