Awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.

Climate change is a major public health threat that is exacerbated by food production. Food items differ substantially in the amount of greenhouse gases their production generates and therefore individuals, if willing, can mitigate climate change through dietary choices. We conducted a population-ba...

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Autores principales:	Essi A E Korkala, Timo T Hugg, Jouni J K Jaakkola
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bd4a6a01d7fb470faa47ba7c9111b6152021-11-18T08:19:34ZAwareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0097480https://doaj.org/article/bd4a6a01d7fb470faa47ba7c9111b6152014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24824363/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Climate change is a major public health threat that is exacerbated by food production. Food items differ substantially in the amount of greenhouse gases their production generates and therefore individuals, if willing, can mitigate climate change through dietary choices. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study to assess if the understanding of climate change, concern over climate change or socio-economic characteristics are reflected in the frequencies of climate-friendly food choices. The study population comprised 1623 young adults in Finland who returned a self-administered questionnaire (response rate 64.0%). We constructed a Climate-Friendly Diet Score (CFDS) ranging theoretically from -14 to 14 based on the consumption of 14 food items. A higher CFDS indicated a climate-friendlier diet. Multivariate linear regression analyses on the determinants of CFDS revealed that medium concern raised CFDS on average by 0.51 points (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.03, 0.98) and high concern by 1.30 points (95% CI 0.80, 1.80) compared to low concern. Understanding had no effect on CFDS on its own. Female gender raised CFDS by 1.92 (95% CI 1.59, 2.25). Unemployment decreased CFDS by 0.92 (95% CI -1.68, -0.15). Separate analyses of genders revealed that high concern over climate change brought about a greater increase in CFDS in females than in males. Good understanding of climate change was weakly connected to climate-friendly diet among females only. Our results indicate that increasing awareness of climate change could lead to increased consumption of climate-friendly food, reduction in GHG emissions, and thus climate change mitigation.Essi A E KorkalaTimo T HuggJouni J K JaakkolaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 5, p e97480 (2014)
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description	Climate change is a major public health threat that is exacerbated by food production. Food items differ substantially in the amount of greenhouse gases their production generates and therefore individuals, if willing, can mitigate climate change through dietary choices. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study to assess if the understanding of climate change, concern over climate change or socio-economic characteristics are reflected in the frequencies of climate-friendly food choices. The study population comprised 1623 young adults in Finland who returned a self-administered questionnaire (response rate 64.0%). We constructed a Climate-Friendly Diet Score (CFDS) ranging theoretically from -14 to 14 based on the consumption of 14 food items. A higher CFDS indicated a climate-friendlier diet. Multivariate linear regression analyses on the determinants of CFDS revealed that medium concern raised CFDS on average by 0.51 points (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.03, 0.98) and high concern by 1.30 points (95% CI 0.80, 1.80) compared to low concern. Understanding had no effect on CFDS on its own. Female gender raised CFDS by 1.92 (95% CI 1.59, 2.25). Unemployment decreased CFDS by 0.92 (95% CI -1.68, -0.15). Separate analyses of genders revealed that high concern over climate change brought about a greater increase in CFDS in females than in males. Good understanding of climate change was weakly connected to climate-friendly diet among females only. Our results indicate that increasing awareness of climate change could lead to increased consumption of climate-friendly food, reduction in GHG emissions, and thus climate change mitigation.
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title	Awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.
title_short	Awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.
title_full	Awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.
title_fullStr	Awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.
title_full_unstemmed	Awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.
title_sort	awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.
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Awareness of climate change and the dietary choices of young adults in Finland: a population-based cross-sectional study.

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