@inproceedings{KoederHusainKranzetal.2021,
  author    = {Koeder, Christian and Husain, Sarah and Kranz, Ragna-Marie and Hahn, Andreas and Englert, Heike},
  title     = {How to achieve sustainable eating in the general population?},
  series = {The 9th World Sustainability Forum Program and Abstract Book},
  booktitle = {The 9th World Sustainability Forum Program and Abstract Book},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  doi       = {10.25974/fhms-14045},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-140455},
  pages     = {57 -- 57},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Introduction: Moving towards a more plant-based dietary pattern would likely be beneficial in terms of a variety of sustainability dimensions. Methodology: We conducted a 2-year intervention study with six measurement time points (baseline, 10 weeks, 6 months, 1 year, 1½ years, 2 years) in rural northwest Germany. The intervention consisted of a lifestyle programme, and dietary recommendations were to move towards a healthy, plant-based diet. The control group received no intervention. Diet quality was assessed with the healthful plant-based diet index (hPDI). Results: In the intervention group (n = 67), the 2-year trajectory of hPDI was significantly higher compared to control (n = 39; p 0.001; between-group difference: 5.7 (95\% CI 4.0, 7.3) food portions/day; adjusted for baseline). The 2-year trajectory of meat intake was significantly lower in the intervention group (n = 79) compared to control (n = 40; p 0.001; between-group difference: -0.7 (95\% CI -0.9, -0.5) portions/day; adjusted for baseline). Conclusion: Our study confirms that plant-based nutrition education in the general population is likely to result in at least modest dietary improvements in terms of general healthfulness and meat reduction.},
  language  = {en}
}