Quality and environmental footprints of diets by socio-economic status in Argentina

The average Argentinian diet scores 34.7 ± 3.56 out of 100 on the Alternate Healthy Eating Index, indicating poor dietary quality.

• All socio-economic status groups exhibited suboptimal intake of healthy foods and excessive consumption of unhealthy foods.
• Estimates for greenhouse gas emissions from diets were 8.91 ± 2.49 kg CO-eq/day per Adult-Male Equivalent.
• Fossil energy use was measured at 9.30 ± 2.93 MJ/day per Adult-Male Equivalent.
• Total land occupation was calculated at 54.2 ± 14.8 m²/day per Adult-Male Equivalent.
• Freshwater consumption was determined to be 205 ± 65.3 L/day per Adult-Male Equivalent.
• Eutrophying emissions were estimated at 19.8 ± 6.43 g PO-eq/day per Adult-Male Equivalent.

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