People are now giving priority to health over taste. In the UK in the last decade, about 20 percent of people have put aside the non-veg plate. The reason for this is the increasing cases of cancer and diabetes type two and heart-related diseases among people who eat non-veg. According to research by Oxford University, people have either reduced or reduced non-veg food for better health.
There has been a significant reduction in the consumption of red meat. But the trend of people towards eating chicken and fish has increased. According to research, due to this change in people's eating habits, there will also be a reduction in carbon emissions in the environment. Because rearing cattle for red meat causes a lot of carbon emissions.
There will also be an indirect benefit in the direction of environmental protection. Research from Oxford University found that during 2008-09, the UK consumption of 103 grams of red meat per person per day dropped to 23 grams per person per day in 2018-19. Poultry consumption increased by 3.2 percent.
Oxford University has found in its research that there is a change in the diet in the UK. However, there is still a lot of effort to be made for a healthy lifestyle. According to an article published in Lancet Planetary Health. The trend towards non-veg eating has decreased in the developed countries of the world with the high-income groups during the last decade. But the average consumption of non-veg food is increasing across the world.
According to research from Oxford University, vegetarians in the UK have increased from 2 percent to 5 percent over the past decade. The National Food Strategy aims to reduce the consumption of red meat in the UK by 30% by 2030. According to research, an increase in the number of non-veg eaters has also been recorded among people born after 1999. The reason for this is said to be the excess of non-veg in eating fast food.