Youth demand political action on healthy sustainable diets

Trewern, Joanna; Spajic, Luke; Lieb, Theresa; Thapaliya, Pramisha; Quinn, Taylor R.; Davas-Fahey, Roman; Omrani, Omnia El; Weidgenant, Lana

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“…Along with this question of measuring sustainability lie many other key challenges, including the identification and prioritization of relevant intervention areas for transformation. Indeed, if food system sustainability depends on so many dimensions-nutrition, food security, environment, e.g., [17,11], but also economic development, social/equity [18][19][20] or even cultural dimensions [21]-then how can we help decision-makers navigate those different outcomes and their trade-offs? For countries with scarce resources and capacities, this question is even more critical as it is not just about better understanding of what drives the sustainability of their food systems, e.g., [2,18,22], but also about how to make choices, sequence, and (re) direct limited resources toward the most judicious interventions.…”

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Can economic development be a driver of food system sustainability? Empirical evidence from a global sustainability index and a multi-country analysis

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Achicanoy

et al. 2022

PLOS Sustain Transform

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Despite representing a growing element of the international community’s discourse, the sustainability of food systems and the challenge of its empirical measurement are still highly debated. In this paper, we propose to address this gap by computing a global food system sustainability index which we then use in a cross-country analysis covering 94 countries in low-, middle- and high-income regions. The analysis reveals a strong non-linear but positive correlation between the food system sustainability index and countries’ individual GDP per capita. This relationship suggests some possible degree of endogeneity between food system sustainability and economic development. We then use the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways framework and Individual Conditional Expectations modeling techniques to explore how the sustainability of food systems is projected to evolve in the future as countries move up the economic development ladder. The projections indicate that for lower income countries, the change is usually more significant than for higher income countries. The analysis also reveals that the different dimensions of sustainability will not all contribute equally to future improvements in food system sustainability. In particular, investments targeting social and food security & nutrition dimensions are projected to have a greater effect on the sustainability of food systems than investment/interventions aiming at the environment or economic domains. For countries located at the lower end of the economic development spectrum, this would imply that, even with limited resources, policy-makers could substantially improve the sustainability of countries’ food systems by prioritizing (sub)national policies and interventions focused on social and food security & nutrition domains.

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confidence: 99%

Can economic development be a driver of food system sustainability? Empirical evidence from a global sustainability index and a multi-country analysis

Béné

Fanzo

Achicanoy

et al. 2022

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The Gap in Sustainable Food Services in Public Institutions: The Perceptions of Young Consumers from Public Universities in the Madrid Region (Spain)

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Hocine,

Hernández-Jiménez

et al. 2023

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The agri-food system needs to transition into a more balanced system that takes into account economic, social, and environmental factors. Young people are a key demographic group to consider as they are open to new trends of consumption, including sustainable buying practices. Public universities can play a significant role in promoting sustainable and healthy eating habits among students. In this paper, we focus on the perceptions of young people regarding sustainable food in the Madrid Region. We conducted a survey using a questionnaire-based approach among 1940 students in 2022. The results highlight that young consumers are highly concerned about food sustainability. They perceive sustainability as local and non-processed foods. However, this perception varies among young consumers, and we identified five different consumer profiles. Principal component analysis and cluster analysis provide insights into potential actions that universities can take to promote sustainable and healthy eating habits among students.

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Youth demand political action on healthy sustainable diets

Cited by 2 publications

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Can economic development be a driver of food system sustainability? Empirical evidence from a global sustainability index and a multi-country analysis

Can economic development be a driver of food system sustainability? Empirical evidence from a global sustainability index and a multi-country analysis

The Gap in Sustainable Food Services in Public Institutions: The Perceptions of Young Consumers from Public Universities in the Madrid Region (Spain)

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