Is the question how many calf-equivalents map to current dairy consumption, or to the counterfactual dairy consumption of someone trying to reduce other animal products without going vegan?
EDIT: Nvm, this dataset was of a niche religious group (The seventh day adventists), I should’ve read more throughly before commenting.Assuming no major dietary differences between vegetarian converts, and lifelong vegetarians, it appears that they consume less dairy by about a half: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4232985/#!po=39.8438So, assuming that someone moves to the mean lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, you can assume about one half calf less over a lifetime.
Is the question how many calf-equivalents map to current dairy consumption, or to the counterfactual dairy consumption of someone trying to reduce other animal products without going vegan?
EDIT: Nvm, this dataset was of a niche religious group (The seventh day adventists), I should’ve read more throughly before commenting.
Assuming no major dietary differences between vegetarian converts, and lifelong vegetarians, it appears that they consume less dairy by about a half: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4232985/#!po=39.8438
So, assuming that someone moves to the mean lacto-ovo vegetarian diet, you can assume about one half calf less over a lifetime.