Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption
Authors: Daniel A. Meyer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2020)

Letters5 May 2020Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat ConsumptionDaniel A. Meyer, MDDaniel A. Meyer, MDMaine Medical Center, Portland, Maine (D.A.M.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L20-0121 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Johnston and colleagues' guideline (1) outlining recommendations on unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption is both impressive in its approach and disappointing in that it fails to go further. By deciding not to consider the environmental effects of red meat consumption in their recommendation that adults continue to consume red meat and processed meat, the authors have produced a flawed report that is an abdication of the moral responsibility that physicians have to our society and an incomplete assessment of the health effects created by red meat consumption for individual patients.The contributions of red meat ...References1. Johnston BC, Zeraatkar D, Han MA, et al. Unprocessed red meat and processed meat consumption: dietary guideline recommendations from the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) consortium. Ann Intern Med. 2019;71:756-764. [PMID: 31569235]. doi:10.7326/M19-1621 LinkGoogle Scholar2. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Greenhouse gas emissions. 2019. Accessed at www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases on 2 October 2019. Google Scholar3. Friend T. Can a burger help solve climate change? New Yorker Magazine. 23 September 2019. Accessed at www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/30/can-a-burger-help-solve-climate-change on 27 March 2020. Google Scholar4. Rossati A. Global warming and its health impact. Int J Occup Environ Med. 2017;8:7-20. [PMID: 28051192] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine (D.A.M.)Disclosures: The author has disclosed no conflicts of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L20-0121. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoUnprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption: Dietary Guideline Recommendations From the Nutritional Recommendations (NutriRECS) Consortium Bradley C. Johnston , Dena Zeraatkar , Mi Ah Han , Robin W.M. Vernooij , Claudia Valli , Regina El Dib , Catherine Marshall , Patrick J. Stover , Susan Fairweather-Taitt , Grzegorz Wójcik , Faiz Bhatia , Russell de Souza , Carlos Brotons , Joerg J. Meerpohl , Chirag J. Patel , Benjamin Djulbegovic , Pablo Alonso-Coello , Malgorzata M. Bala , and Gordon H. Guyatt Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Richard M. Rosenfeld Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Eric C. Westman Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Cynthia L. Gong , Nadine K. Zawadzki , Roy Zawadzki , Jeffrey Tran , and Joel W. Hay Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Yi Wan and Fenglei Wang Unprocessed Red Meat and Processed Meat Consumption Bradley C. Johnston , Dena Zeraatkar , Robin W.M. Vernooij , Montserrat Rabassa , Regina El Dib , Claudia Valli , Mi Ah Han , Pablo Alonso-Coello , Malgorzata M. Bala , and Gordon H. Guyatt Metrics 5 May 2020Volume 172, Issue 9Page: 636KeywordsClimate changeDecision makingFoodGlobal healthLeptospirosisMeatNutritionScience policyStrokeVector-borne diseases ePublished: 5 May 2020 Issue Published: 5 May 2020 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2020 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...