Observational studyPublic health nutrition2019
Do young adults value sustainable diet practices? Continuity in values from adolescence to adulthood and linkages to dietary behaviour.
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- Promoting healthy and sustainable diets through food service interventions in university settings: a scoping review.BMC nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- What Influences the Sustainable Food Consumption Behaviours of University Students? A Systematic Review.International journal of public health · 2021Pooled it
- Balancing Environmental Footprints and Nutritional Efficiency in University Canteen Menus: A Scenario-Based Life Cycle Assessment of Menu Architecture.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Protein- and nutrient-normalized environmental footprints of university canteen meals.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Consumer Knowledge and Willingness Pertaining to the Adoption of a Sustainable Diet: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Environmental-, Climate-, and Health-Related Dietary Motivations Are Associated With Higher Diet Quality in a National Sample of US Adults With Lower Incomes.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2024Article
- Consumer attitudes and behaviors toward more sustainable diets: a scoping review.Nutrition reviews · 2023Article
- Current Perceptions of Sustainable Diets in Ireland and the Outlook of Circular Eating Practices.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Personal, behavioural and socio-environmental correlates of emerging adults' sustainable food consumption in a cross-sectional analysis.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Environmental and Climate Impact Perceptions in University Students: Sustainability Motivations and Perceptions Correspond With Lower Red Meat Intake.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Article
- Perceptions of Food among College Students in the Field of Food Science: A Food Sustainability Approach.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Eating Healthy and Daily Life Activities (EHDLA) Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic differences in animal food consumption: Education rather than income makes a difference.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Health- or Environment-Focused Text Messages as a Potential Strategy to Increase Plant-Based Eating among Young Adults: An Exploratory Study.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Energy, nutrients and food sources in snacks for adolescents and young adults.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe continuity over time in reports of valuing sustainable diet practices and investigate relationships between values, household meal behaviours and dietary intake.
designObservational study. Participant ratings of how important it is for food to be produced as organic, not processed, locally grown and not GM were categorized to represent whether they valued (very/somewhat important) or did not value (a little/not at all important) each practice. Diet quality markers (e.g. fruit servings) were based on an FFQ.
settingMailed and online surveys.
participantsYoung adults (n 1620; 58 % female, mean age 31 (sd 1·6) years) who were participating in Project EAT (Eating and Activity among Teens and Young Adults) and responded to follow-up surveys in 2003-2004 and 2015-2016.
resultsOne-third (36·1 %) of participants reported valuing <2 practices at both assessments; 11·1 and 34·5 % respectively reported valuing ≥2 practices in 2003-2004 only and in 2015-2016 only; 18·3 % reported valuing ≥2 practices at both assessments. Regression models including demographics, parental status and vegetarian status showed that valuing ≥2 practices was associated with preparation of meals with vegetables at least a few times/week, less frequent purchase of family meals from fast-food restaurants, and higher diet quality in 2015-2016. For example, those who valued ≥2 practices consumed nearly one full vegetable serving more than other young adults on an average day and part of this difference was specifically associated with intake of dark green and red/orange vegetables.
conclusionsAddressing the sustainability of food choices as part of public health messaging may be relevant for many young adults.
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