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Table 1 Healthy and sustainable diet-related practices

From: Local government policy to facilitate healthy and sustainable diets and the broader policy hierarchy: insights from Milan Urban Food Policy Pact cities

Where to source food?

(1) Select food grown using sustainable food production practices, valuing and respecting Indigenous knowledges

(2) Strengthen local food systems by connecting with primary producers

(3) Eat seasonally, incorporating native and wild-harvested foods

(4) Eat locally available foods

What to eat?

(5) Avoid over-consumption beyond caloric requirement

(6) Consume no more than recommended animal-derived foods

(7) Limit intake of ultra-processed, nutrient-poor and over-packaged food

(8) Increase intake of plant-based foods

(9) Eat a wide variety of foods to promote biodiversity

How to eat?

(10) Adopt food waste minimization strategies

(11) Preference homemade meals and share with others

(12) Consume safe tap water as preferred drink

(13) Breastfeed infants where possible