Sustainability in Nutrition: Potential Guiding Statements for Education and Practice

Sarah Burkhart; Michele Verdonck; Theresa Ashford; Judith Maher

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2021.03.011

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Sustainability in Nutrition: Potential Guiding Statements for Education and Practice

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Sustainability in Nutrition: Potential Guiding Statements for Education and Practice

Sarah Burkhart, Michele Verdonck, Theresa Ashford and Judith Maher

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol.53(8), pp.663-676

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2021.03.011

PMID: 34154947

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Abstract

Nutrition

competency-based education

tertiary education

dietetics

preprofessional education

Objective: To explore and synthesize local and practice-based perspectives of sustainability to develop a set of proposed guiding thematic statements that will assist academics to contextualize, prioritize, and integrate sustainability-focused activities or a sustainability lens in a nutrition and dietetic (N&D) program. Design: Participatory action research process using an online survey, workshop, and interviews. Setting: Australian Regional University. Participants: A total of 95 N&D undergraduate students, 7 N&D academics, and 10 Australian nutrition practitioners. Phenomenon of Interest: Sustainability in N&D learning, teaching, and practice. Analysis: Qualitative inductive content analysis of responses from each participant group and combined themes. Results: There were 4 key themes, each comprising 4–8 subthemes, identified as follows: sustainability thinking, future-focused views, stewardship, and sustaining the nutrition profession. Conclusions and Implications: There may be opportunities for N&D competencies in Australia to better reflect the ways of being that sustainability in nutrition practice means. Confirmation of these findings among other N&D professionals (academics and practitioners) and students, both in Australia and elsewhere, is warranted to further develop these proposed statements. Future research is needed to describe more explicitly what sustainability looks like in practice, providing specific examples to assist educators to frame sustainability authentically.

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Title: Sustainability in Nutrition: Potential Guiding Statements for Education and Practice
Authors: Sarah Burkhart (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Michele Verdonck (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Theresa Ashford (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
Judith Maher (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Publication details: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol.53(8), pp.663-676
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
Date published: 2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.03.011
ISSN: 1878-2620
PMID: 34154947
Organisation Unit: Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics; School of Health - Occupational Therapy; School of Law and Society; Centre for Bioinnovation; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99546508402621
Output Type: Journal article

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