How to achieve sustainable eating in the general population?
- 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.
Author: | Christian KoederORCiD, Sarah Husain, Ragna-Marie Kranz, Andreas Hahn, Heike Englert |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-140455 |
URL: | https://wsf-9.sciforum.net/ |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25974/fhms-14045 |
Parent Title (English): | The 9th World Sustainability Forum Program and Abstract Book |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2021/09/24 |
Year of first Publication: | 2021 |
Provider of the Publication Server: | FH Münster - University of Applied Sciences |
Release Date: | 2021/09/24 |
Tag: | plant-based diet; sustainability |
First Page: | 57 |
Last Page: | 57 |
Faculties: | Oecotrophologie · Facility Management (OEF) |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
Publication list: | Englert, Heike |
Köder, Christian | |
Kranz, Ragna-Marie | |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung (CC BY 4.0) |