Swapping red meat for anchovies and sardines ‘could save 750,000 lives by 2050’

Empty fishing net (Steve Parsons/PA)

Swapping red meat for small fish such as anchovies, sardines and herring could reduce global disease levels and save up to 750,000 lives a year by 2050, according to a study.

The benefit would be most felt in more deprived countries, the analysis found.