Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals
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 knowled...
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author | Ujué Fresán M. Carmen Vidal-Carou M. Carmen Vidal-Carou Guadalupe Ramos-Truchero Miguel Sáenz de Pipaon Luis A. Moreno Luis A. Moreno Jordi Salas-Salvadó Jordi Salas-Salvadó |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | doaj.art-8f657cda366b4892b877a8d5f2f076cf2023-07-18T00:59:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2023-07-011010.3389/fnut.2023.11822261182226Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionalsUjué Fresán0M. Carmen Vidal-Carou1M. Carmen Vidal-Carou2Guadalupe Ramos-Truchero3Miguel Sáenz de Pipaon4Luis A. Moreno5Luis A. Moreno6Jordi Salas-Salvadó7Jordi Salas-Salvadó8eHealth Group, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, SpainInstitut de Recerca en Nutrició i Seguretat Alimentària (INSA-UB) Maria Maetzu Unit of Excellence Program, Universitat de Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, SpainDepartament de Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia, Campus de l'Alimentació de Torribera, Universitat de Barcelona, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, SpainFaculty of Education and Social Work, Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, SpainNeonatology, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario La Paz—IdiPAZ, (La Paz University Hospital—Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Madrid, SpainConsorcio CIBER, M.P. Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, SpainGENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2) and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, SpainDepartament de Bioquímica i Biotecnologia, Unitat de Nutrició Humana, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, SpainAlimentaciò, Nutrició, Desenvolupament i Salut Mental (ANUT-DSM) Department, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Reus, SpainCurrent 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.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1182226/fulldietary surveydietary environmental impactfood sustainabilityfood concernsdietary counselingsustainable knowledge |
spellingShingle | Ujué Fresán M. Carmen Vidal-Carou M. Carmen Vidal-Carou Guadalupe Ramos-Truchero Miguel Sáenz de Pipaon Luis A. Moreno Luis A. Moreno Jordi Salas-Salvadó Jordi Salas-Salvadó Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals Frontiers in Nutrition dietary survey dietary environmental impact food sustainability food concerns dietary counseling sustainable knowledge |
title | Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals |
title_full | Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals |
title_short | Knowledge, attitude, and patient advice on sustainable diets among Spanish health professionals |
title_sort | knowledge attitude and patient advice on sustainable diets among spanish health professionals |
topic | dietary survey dietary environmental impact food sustainability food concerns dietary counseling sustainable knowledge |
url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2023.1182226/full |
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