Journal article
Sustainability in Nutrition: Potential Guiding Statements for Education and Practice
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol.53(8), pp.663-676
2021
Abstract
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.
Details
- 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 - LegacyMichele Verdonck (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - LegacyTheresa Ashford (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyJudith 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.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.03.011
- ISSN
- 1878-2620
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research; Centre for Bioinnovation; School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics; School of Health - Occupational Therapy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99546508402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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