This week on Wellbeing we speak with Dr Graeme Horton, a Lecturer and researcher from the University of Newcastle. We are discussing Climate Change's impact on our health and food. As a member of the Management Committee of Doctors for the Environment, Dr Horton co-authored the "Climate Change Health Check 2020 Report" for the Climate Institute in 2008, which he presented at the 61st United Nations Department of Public Information Conference. Graeme highlights that few of the predictions outlined in the report did not come true.  

In this episode Dr Horton talks about the effects of climate change on ecosystems and in turn, how that effects our food and health, the negative impact climate change could have on food production, climate change's effect on the mental health of farmers, and how people can improve their diets to be more climate focused.     

“We know that as carbon dioxide levels rise, some plants can increase the rate that they grow but that actually decreases the exact to which they incorporate nitrogen and protein, and so protein levels within plant-based foods can drop. That’s a concern for people who are most at risk of protein malnutrition.”   - Dr Graeme Horton on this episode of Wellbeing

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