Video: Diet & Climate Change

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While epidemics of chronic disease are currently by far our leading causes of death, global warming is considered a looming public health threat as well. How can we change our diets to combat disease and greenhouse gas emissions at the same time? In this short video, Dr. Michael Greger summarizes recent scientific studies on the effects of the standard Western diet on global climate change and explains what we as individuals can do to slow or reverse environmental degradation.

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A factory farm in Iowa.