Young Italians are more and more climatarian at the dinner table, a new Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN) survey showed Monday. The term climatarian appeared on the New York Times list of top 2015 food-related words, and means someone whose diet is based on locally sourced food, on limiting food waste, and on avoiding the most energy-consuming of meat products in a bid to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change.
The survey of 800 Italians aged 18-30 across Italy's regions showed 62% are willing to adopt sustainable diets, 64% said they don't have negative repercussions on social life, and 73% believe such a diet to be nutritious. Another 61% believes such diets are too expensive - which is a mistaken public perception, according to the BCFN.
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