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Lord Katz (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 28 October 2025

Debate

Plant-based Diet

Contribution

I thank my noble friend for that question. The Eatwell Guide, the UK’s dietary guidelines and, indeed, the EAT-Lancet diet have shared principles and a shared understanding of what makes a healthy diet. We have not undertaken a formal assessment of the EAT-Lancet diet compared with the Eatwell Guide, but it is fair to say that the guide is based on modelling UK dietary recommendations against UK habits, whereas the EAT-Lancet diet has not been tailored to the UK population. People in the UK are more likely to be able to follow our guidelines more successfully than EAT-Lancet as our guidelines are specific to the UK.

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