A cross-sectional survey of the readiness of consumers to adopt an environmentally sustainable diet.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The current food system is responsible for significant environmental damage therefore, encouraging consumers to adopt an environmentally sustainable diet is a key public health challenge. Dietary guidelines have been developed that outline recommendations for purchasing and consuming food in an environmentally sustainable manner, but they have not yet been incorporated in UK national dietary guidelines.

Methods

Via an online survey of UK adults, we evaluated consumers' perceptions of the environmental benefit of various sustainable diet recommendations, their readiness to adopt these behaviours using the stage of change construct of the Transtheoretical Model, the factors that influenced their food choices, and their current consumption of plant- and animal-based

SUBMITTER: Culliford A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7727219 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature