Recommendations for Integrating Evidence-Based, Sustainable Diet Information into Nutrition Education

The adoption of more sustainable diets (SD) has the capacity to meet the needs of individuals without compromising future generations’ abilities to do the same. Nutrition educators are ideal candidates for delivering SD education to consumers, yet evidence-based recommendations for the profession ha...

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Autores principales:	Graham E. Bastian, Danielle Buro, Debra M. Palmer-Keenan
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	nutrition education food systems sustainability sustainable diets food-related environmental impacts climate change Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b0938ccb6ad44c6f8293ce831473367c2021-11-25T18:37:18ZRecommendations for Integrating Evidence-Based, Sustainable Diet Information into Nutrition Education10.3390/nu131141702072-6643https://doaj.org/article/b0938ccb6ad44c6f8293ce831473367c2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/11/4170https://doaj.org/toc/2072-6643The adoption of more sustainable diets (SD) has the capacity to meet the needs of individuals without compromising future generations’ abilities to do the same. Nutrition educators are ideal candidates for delivering SD education to consumers, yet evidence-based recommendations for the profession have not been crafted. The results of a thorough, narrative review of the literature performed in 2021 suggest there are five well-supported recommendations nutrition educators should consider incorporating in their work. They are (1) shift towards a plant-based diet, (2) mitigate food waste, (3) limit consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF), (4) engage in local food systems, and (5) choose sustainable seafood. Each recommendation is discussed below in detail, to provide nutrition educators with a nuanced scope of the issue, after which suggestions for the inclusion of these recommendations, using an example of the authors’ experiences from the US Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), are provided.Graham E. BastianDanielle BuroDebra M. Palmer-KeenanMDPI AGarticlenutrition educationfood systemssustainabilitysustainable dietsfood-related environmental impactsclimate changeNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641ENNutrients, Vol 13, Iss 4170, p 4170 (2021)
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description	The adoption of more sustainable diets (SD) has the capacity to meet the needs of individuals without compromising future generations’ abilities to do the same. Nutrition educators are ideal candidates for delivering SD education to consumers, yet evidence-based recommendations for the profession have not been crafted. The results of a thorough, narrative review of the literature performed in 2021 suggest there are five well-supported recommendations nutrition educators should consider incorporating in their work. They are (1) shift towards a plant-based diet, (2) mitigate food waste, (3) limit consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPF), (4) engage in local food systems, and (5) choose sustainable seafood. Each recommendation is discussed below in detail, to provide nutrition educators with a nuanced scope of the issue, after which suggestions for the inclusion of these recommendations, using an example of the authors’ experiences from the US Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP), are provided.
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Recommendations for Integrating Evidence-Based, Sustainable Diet Information into Nutrition Education

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