In recent years there have been compaigns related to veganuary.
Veganuary is a non-profit organisation that encourages people worldwide to try vegan for January and beyond
Is Veganism increasing?
the Vegan Society quote the statistics from 2014-2018 number of vegans in Great Britain increased 4 times In 2014, the number of vegans was 150 thousand, which increased to 600 thousand in 2018.in 2018 1.16 percent of the population of Great Britain were vegan
the Food Standards Agency has consumer surveys of the types of foods purchased. These offer insight into household diets in the Uk and the changing nature of foods consumed. Wave 5 2018 noted. "Over time, the consumption of red meat and pre-cooked meat has gradually fallen. In Wave 2 (2012) of Food and You, 75% of adults ate cuts of beef, lamb or pork at least once a week, compared with 55% in the current wave.
Mintel has also recently noted UK is increasingly launching Vegan food brands . It noted: "as many as one in six (16%) food products launched in the UK in 2018 had a vegan/no animal ingredients claim, doubling from just 8% in 2015"
Does veganism help combat global warming?
A recent report by the Committee on Climate Change
recommended adopting a more plant based diet along with reducing transport emissions and making heating more efficient
This echoes a 2016 PNAS article by Springmann et al which found that: "Transitioning toward more plant-based diets that are in line with standard dietary guidelines could reduce global mortality by 6–10% and food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 29–70% compared with a reference scenario in 2050"
In 2018 Greenpeace published a similar report demanding ' global reduction of 50% in production and consumption of animal products by 2050 and a change in the way we produce them."
What about veganism and health?
Try searching pub med for scientific evidence of any possible advantages and disadvantages. A recent example is this systematic review
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