How would changing your diet change these environmental impacts?
Use the Planet-Based Diets Impact & Action Calculator to see what changes you can make to your diet to help reduce the impacts on the environment in your country
Beta Version Numbers generated from the Impact & Action Calculator may differ slightly to numbers in the National Impacts data, as they are based on dynamic calculations of total food groups, rather than subsets within a food group. The Current Diet food ratios are used so the variance is greater for other diets.
01 Select a country
🇺🇸 United States of America
02 Select a diet
03 Select the foods you want to eat
Optimal Calorie Range
Food type VS Current VS NDG Calories p/week
Grains
!
3,231kcal
→ Vs Current
↑ 35% Vs NDG
3,231.48 Calories p/week
Fruit & Vegetables
843kcal
→ Vs Current
↓ -41% Vs NDG
843.43 Calories p/week
Roots & Tubers
462kcal
→ Vs Current
↑ 35% Vs NDG
462.45 Calories p/week
Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
739kcal
→ Vs Current
↓ -15% Vs NDG
739.43 Calories p/week
Red Meat
!
1,019kcal
→ Vs Current
↑ 109% Vs NDG
1,018.93 Calories p/week
Fish
128kcal
→ Vs Current
↓ -19% Vs NDG
127.66 Calories p/week
Poultry
!
899kcal
→ Vs Current
↑ 109% Vs NDG
899.13 Calories p/week
Dairy
1,450kcal
→ Vs Current
↓ -17% Vs NDG
1,449.83 Calories p/week
Eggs
!
315kcal
→ Vs Current
↑ 167% Vs NDG
315.46 Calories p/week
Fats & Oils
4,960kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
4,960.43 Calories p/week
Sugar
!
2,288kcal
→ Vs Current
↑ 91% Vs NDG
2,288.12 Calories p/week
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
!
100kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
99.97 Calories p/week
Alcohol
!
651kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
650.95 Calories p/week
Total Calories
17,087.27 kcals per/week 2,441.039 kcals per/day
04 The impacts this diet would have if it was adopted by everyone in USA
Impact type Impact breakdown Total
Biodiversity Loss
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.002 sp.yr
- 9.68% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.007 sp.yr
- 25.35% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.001 sp.yr
- 2.59% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 1.22% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.063 sp.yr
- 76.42% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.31% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.44% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.005 sp.yr
- 5.66% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.11% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.01 sp.yr
- 11.39% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.13% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.012 sp.yr
- 12.09% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.26% of total
0.1 sp.yr
GHG Emissions
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 45.2 Mt CO2eq
- 22.58% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 44.42 Mt CO2eq
- 18.85% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 16.08 Mt CO2eq
- 6.45% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 2.71 Mt CO2eq
- 1.08% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 411.06 Mt CO2eq
- 68.60% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 29.42 Mt CO2eq
- 4.71% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 53.13 Mt CO2eq
- 7.97% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 180.51 Mt CO2eq
- 22.22% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 15.79 Mt CO2eq
- 1.91% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 37.32 Mt CO2eq
- 4.36% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 13.66 Mt CO2eq
- 1.58% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 43.47 Mt CO2eq
- 4.83% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 32.31 Mt CO2eq
- 3.49% of total
925 Mt CO2eq
Cropland Use
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 12,552 000 hectares
- 48.24% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 3,825 000 hectares
- 13.23% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 1,304 000 hectares
- 4.39% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 2,437 000 hectares
- 7.64% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 50,450 000 hectares
- 64.72% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 150 000 hectares
- 0.19% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 11,968 000 hectares
- 13.52% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 17,212 000 hectares
- 16.63% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 2,943 000 hectares
- 2.78% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 13,318 000 hectares
- 11.29% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 1,203 000 hectares
- 1.01% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 4,203 000 hectares
- 3.44% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 3,209 000 hectares
- 2.57% of total
124,775 000 hectares
Grazing Land Use
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Grazing Land Use: 244,015 000 hectares
- 97.75% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Grazing Land Use: 6,909 000 hectares
- 2.75% of total
250,925 000 hectares
Water Use
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 16.33 km3
- 47.81% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 8.95 km3
- 21.61% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 4.26 km3
- 9.36% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 5.92 km3
- 11.60% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 14.89 km3
- 23.88% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 1.01 km3
- 1.60% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 6.81 km3
- 9.98% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 12.96 km3
- 17.88% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 1.93 km3
- 2.61% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 8.84 km3
- 10.77% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 3.29 km3
- 3.85% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.29 km3
- 0.33% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 2.1 km3
- 2.40% of total
88 km3
Eutrophication
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 191.67 000t PO43-eq
- 24.95% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 140.06 000t PO43-eq
- 15.98% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 109.02 000t PO43-eq
- 11.21% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 20.09 000t PO43-eq
- 2.03% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 2,496.31 000t PO43-eq
- 77.38% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 108.69 000t PO43-eq
- 3.28% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 257.89 000t PO43-eq
- 7.33% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 753.25 000t PO43-eq
- 18.04% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 90.4 000t PO43-eq
- 2.13% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 200.25 000t PO43-eq
- 4.54% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 53.7 000t PO43-eq
- 1.20% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 119.16 000t PO43-eq
- 2.62% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 123.62 000t PO43-eq
- 2.65% of total
4,665 000t PO43-eq
05 Shopping Basket
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