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Ernährungsweisen

English translation: eating habits // diets

14:22 Jan 19, 2022
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Nutrition
German term or phrase: Ernährungsweisen
Auch im Lebensmittelbereich werden Produkte mit einer Ökobilanz hinsichtlich ihrer Umweltwirkung untersucht, um umweltverträgliche Ernährungsweisen zu fördern.Intep unterstützt Firmen und Organisationen mit entsprechenden Ökobilanzstudien, um die gewünschten Kennzahlen bereitzustellen.


Would you say - sustainable nutrition - is 'sustainable nutrition' 'a thing'?

Or what do people in this sector say....?
Alan Dickey (X)
France
Local time: 20:53
English translation:eating habits // diets
Explanation:
my suggestion
Selected response from:

Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
Germany
Local time: 20:53
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6food consumption patterns
Kartik Isaac
3 +7eating habits // diets
Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
4 +3sustainable diets
Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
4 +1sustainable eating
Steve Robbie
3 +2(envorinmentally sustainsble) dietary habits
Ramey Rieger (X)
4sustainable ways of feeding the world
Lancashireman
4nutrition that supports a healthy environment/environmental health)
Michael Martin, MA
4 -3life cycle assessment studies
Cillie Swart
Summary of reference entries provided
nachhaltig/sustainable
Veronika Neuhold

Discussion entries: 11





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
food consumption patterns


Explanation:
Sustainable "food consumption patterns" or perhaps "nutritional habits".

Kartik Isaac
Switzerland
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordon Matthews: A good option for a more formal/academic text.
6 mins
agree  José Patrício: Die bekanntesten Ernährungsweisen sind - https://www.alnatura.de/de-de/magazin/ernaehrungsformen/
26 mins
agree  Conor Murphy: Need to correct "envorinmentally sustainsble" though :)
1 hr
agree  philgoddard: But "patterns" is redundant.
1 hr
agree  Michele Fauble
2 hrs
agree  Lancashireman: With Phil. You can also strip away 'food', as this is made clear in the main clause ("Auch im Lebensmittelbereich..."). Asker will know whether this is about guaranteeing the world's food supplies or promoting a healthy diet.
3 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -3
life cycle assessment studies


Explanation:
Can also be ecobalance studies


    https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=%C3%96kobilanzstudien
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: For Ernährungsweisen?
8 mins
disagree  Gordon Matthews: Linguee is not always to be trusted.
15 mins
neutral  philgoddard: You've Googled the wrong term. Ökobilanzstudien is in the next sentence.
2 hrs
disagree  Andrew Bramhall: It's not that sorry.
8 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
eating habits // diets


Explanation:
my suggestion

Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
Germany
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordon Matthews: A good option for a less formal/non-academic text.
12 mins
  -> Thanks, Gordon!
agree  José Patrício: Die bekanntesten Ernährungsweisen sind - https://www.alnatura.de/de-de/magazin/ernaehrungsformen/
23 mins
  -> Thanks, Jose!
agree  Conor Murphy: Like Gordon Matthews said.
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Conor!
agree  Adrian MM.: https://iate.europa.eu/search/result/1642640022469/1
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Adrian!
agree  Martina Une
4 days
  -> Thanks, Martina!
agree  Z-Translations Translator
8 days
agree  Marijke Verhagen (X)
13 days
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
sustainable diets


Explanation:

... wie hier von den Vereinten Nationen definiert:

"... diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security and to healthy life for present and future generations ..."
https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact/shifting-sustainable-d...


Als Alternative käme auch

"green diet"

in Frage, wie z. B. hier verwendet:
"Why do we need a green diet?

The UN defines sustainable eating as ‘those diets with low environmental impacts which contribute to food and nutrition security, and to healthy life for present and future generations’. In other words, green eating isn’t just about following a healthy diet today – but ensuring that our children and grandchildren can eat nutritious food too..."
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-does-green-diet...

... als Übersetzung für den gesamten Ausdruck "umweltverträgliche Ernährungsweisen"


Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
Germany
Local time: 20:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gordon Matthews: Or "sustainable nutrition". As a translation of "umweltverträgliche Ernährungsweisen", I would go for this.
5 mins
  -> Many thanks, Gordon!
neutral  Ramey Rieger (X): Hi Harald, as you know, I lead the SAVE MY LANGUAGE (personal war) front, i.e. what images words invoke in the mids of readers, more than their widely accepted usage. Next time for sure! Happy New Year to you, too!
31 mins
  -> I see, but please check my UK references (BBC and British Dietetic Association) https://www.bda.uk.com/food-health/your-health/sustainable-d... ... this is not my or your but their language!!
agree  Veronika Neuhold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_diet
8 hrs
  -> Many thanks, Veronika! It seems as if the use of (high quality) references is not much appreciated here ... ;-))
agree  Marijke Verhagen (X)
13 days
  -> Many thanks, Marijke!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
umweltverträgliche Ernährungsweisen
sustainable eating


Explanation:
That's all you need to say, I reckon.
- It's promotional blurb, so you don't want the translation to be too dry or too literalistic.
- You could expand it to "environmentally sustainable" if you wanted to, but I think that's too ponderous. In 2021, and in this context, I don't think anyone is going to misunderstand what "sustainable" means.

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Examples:

Can food be socially just and cheap? The best books on sustainable eating
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/30/further-readin...

The EAT-Lancet Commission, a group of scientists whose report on sustainable eating came out in 2019, suggested that 10-11m premature deaths a year could be prevented by mid-century with a switch to a predominantly plant-based “planetary health” diet.
https://www.ft.com/content/409ec0ac-6802-4bb1-9344-225175a91... (behind paywall).

Sustainable eating
Unlocking the full economic and environmental benefits of waste reduction and resource efficiency in the food and drink supply chain requires a rapid transition to a more sustainable food system. More efficient production and wasting less will help, but we should also consider the sustainability of the food we eat, sell and serve.
Pulses, grains and vegetables require fewer resources and generate less greenhouse gas emissions than other food types, and are therefore cornerstones of sustainable eating.
https://wrap.org.uk/resources/healthy-sustainable-eating-and...

Steve Robbie
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steffen Walter: In 2022, even ;-)
2 hrs
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(envorinmentally sustainsble) dietary habits


Explanation:
My take

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Note added at 20 hrs (2022-01-20 10:42:05 GMT)
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Let's try that again, SLOWLY:

environmentally sustainable dietary habits

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_diet ;-)
5 mins
  -> Yes, I know :-), still feels weird.
agree  Conor Murphy: Just spellcheck "envorinmentally sustainsble" :)
44 mins
  -> Oh DEAR! Old and dyslexic.
agree  Michele Fauble
1 hr
  -> Thank you
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
umweltverträgliche Ernährungsweisen
sustainable ways of feeding the world


Explanation:
We need action to create fairer, more resilient and sustainable ways of feeding the world.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/what-we-do/issues/food-climate-and-...

It turns out that both Rey and Sperling shared an interest in creating sustainable ways of feeding the world.
https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/print-edition/2016/01...

... with the goal of applying her experience in plant sciences to work with the food and agriculture value chain to develop more sustainable ways of feeding the world’s growing population
https://www.corporateknights.com/sponsored/meet-jaquelynn-ma...

As Harald Moelzer points out in the Discussion Box, the other versions offered here assume the reflexive form of the verb, but the 'sich' pronoun is prominent by its absence.

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All of which seems to hint at lines of research that a benevolent billionaire might want to acquire farmland to pursue. In fact, Gates’s interest in productive and sustainable ways of feeding the planet does not stop with arable.
https://www.smh.com.au/business/markets/nothing-beats-land-b...


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Ein Modell, um die Welt zu ernähren
https://www.unibas.ch/de/Aktuell/Uni-Nova/Uni-Nova-138/Uni-N...

Um die Welt zu ernähren, braucht es keine Chemie
https://www.nzz.ch/meinung/kommentare/um-die-welt-zu-ernaehr...

Brauchen wir wirklich neuartige, genetisch veränderte Lebensmittel, um die Welt zu ernähren?
https://www.dw.com/de/brauchen-wir-wirklich-neuartige-geneti...

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Welternährung
https://www.bpb.de/internationales/weltweit/welternaehrung/

Aktuelle Lage der Welternährung
https://www.thuenen.de/en/topics/global-food-and-resources/a...

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Steve Robbie: You imply that Harald Moelzer thinks assuming the reflexive "sich ernähren" is the wrong approach, when he actually says the opposite. // Seems unfair to cite him in support when you actively disagree with him!
24 mins
  -> No such implication, Steve. I am, however, grateful to him for drawing everyone's attention to this lacuna. Enjoy the buffet!
neutral  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator): https://www.bda.uk.com/food-health/your-health/sustainable-d... ... https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/what-does-green-diet...
3 hrs
  -> Green diets? This simply adds another layer of confusion for a native EN speaker, Harald. "Eat your greens" = Less meat and starch.
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nutrition that supports a healthy environment/environmental health)


Explanation:
"Specifically, she hopes to support the advancement of the profession through initiatives that identify, establish, and promote evidence-based sustainable solutions to food science and nutrition that supports human and environmental health."
https://chhs.source.colostate.edu/food-science-and-human-nut...

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As always, you need to translate the whole sentence in order to determine which translations of the single term would be a good fit:

"As in most other industries, products in the food sector are rated for their environmental impact in order to promote nutrition that supports a healthy environment."

Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 14:53
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Reference comments


1 day 3 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: nachhaltig/sustainable

Reference information:
Ich versuche mittlerweile, diesen Begriff zu vermeiden ... „Umweltverträgliche Ernährungsweisen“ ist eine gute Lösung; ich frage mich, ob es im Englischen mittlerweile auch Alternativen gibt.


    https://www.nachhaltigkeit.info/artikel/erste_verwendungen_von_sustainable_im_20_jh_1727.htm
    https://www.umweltdialog.de/de/management/wirtschaftsethik/2018/Nachhaltigkeit-einige-Gedanken-zu-Begriff-und-Bedeutung.php
Veronika Neuhold
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Johanna Timm, PhD: interessanter Link, danke dafür!
9 hrs
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