Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals

Copyright © 2023 Fresán, Vidal-Carou, Ramos-Truchero, Pipaon, Moreno and Salas-Salvadó..

Current dietary patterns, especially in high-income countries, are unsustainable. Health professionals, due to their credibility and close contact with the general population, could serve as agents of change for the adoption of sustainable diets. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding sustainable diets among the health professionals in Spain. A 24-item online questionnaire was designed for this purpose, and sent to health professionals (i.e., dietitians-nutritionists, nurses, physicians, and pharmacists). From September 2021 to May 2022, 2,545 health professionals answered the survey completely. One-fifth of them had never heard the term "sustainable diet", and most of them recognized having limited knowledge about it. They considered promoting sustainable diets when making dietary recommendations important, and pointed out that they would like to be trained on the topic. Indeed, they reported that all health professionals, independent of their career background, should be educated on sustainable diets. Efforts should be stressed on implementing training courses, at university level but also as continuous post-graduate training, providing health professionals in Spain the necessary knowledge to promote the adoption of sustainable diets among the population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in nutrition - 10(2023) vom: 01., Seite 1182226

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fresán, Ujué [VerfasserIn]
Vidal-Carou, M Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Ramos-Truchero, Guadalupe [VerfasserIn]
de Pipaon, Miguel Sáenz [VerfasserIn]
Moreno, Luis A [VerfasserIn]
Salas-Salvadó, Jordi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dietary counseling
Dietary environmental impact
Dietary survey
Food concerns
Food sustainability
Health personnel
Journal Article
Sustainability awareness
Sustainable knowledge

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Date Revised 03.08.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fnut.2023.1182226

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360287654