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In some countries, particularly in Western Europe and North America, veganism is rising. Motivations for the adoption of vegan diets include concerns with one’s own as well as others’ health. At the same time, the much faster rise in the consumption of animal products presents significant global health concerns that should be addressed by appropriate local and global health laws. This case study sketches some moral benefits and disadvantages associated with diets that either include or exclude animal products to support readers in thinking about the moral and legal principles that should determine human dietary choices. In many situations, the consumption of animal products presents greater health concerns compared to the health concerns associated with vegan diets. While more public support for vegan diets is needed, it is also important to recognise that the moral concerns associated with the human use of other (non-human) animals that underpin some laws related to the treatment of animals provide significant support already for the creation of new laws that curtail the consumption of many animal products. Nevertheless, the consumption of animal products remains the best choice for some people in some situations, for example for many pastoral herders in African countries (including many Maasai living in Kenya and Tanzania).
Author(s): Deckers J
Series Editor(s): Deckers, J
Publication type: Online Publication
Publication status: Published
Series Title: Global Health Cases
Year: 2024
Access Year: 2024
Acceptance date: 23/07/2024
Publisher: CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International)
Place Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Access Date: 29 November
URL: https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/globalhealthcases.2024.0001
