Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic Review
Considering the importance of schools for sustainable food offers and the formation of conscientious citizens on sustainability, this systematic review aimed to verify the recommendations on sustainability in school feeding policies and the sustainability practices adopted in schools. The research q...
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| author | Emanuele Batistela dos Santos Dayanne da Costa Maynard Renata Puppin Zandonadi António Raposo Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho |
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| description | Considering the importance of schools for sustainable food offers and the formation of conscientious citizens on sustainability, this systematic review aimed to verify the recommendations on sustainability in school feeding policies and the sustainability practices adopted in schools. The research question that guided this study is “what are the recommendations on sustainability in school feeding policies and the sustainability practices adopted in schools?”. This systematic review was prepared according to PRISMA, and its checklist was registered in PROSPERO. Specific search strategies for Scopus, Web of Science, Pubmed, Lilacs, Google Scholar, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global were developed. The included studies’ methodological quality was evaluated using the Meta-Analysis Statistical Assessment and Review Instrument (MASTARI). A total of 134 studies were selected for a full reading. Of these, 50 met the eligibility criteria and were included in the systematic review. Several sustainability practices were described. The most cited are school gardens and education activities for sustainability. However, actions carried out in food services were also mentioned, from the planning of menus and the purchase of raw materials (mainly local and organic foods, vegetarian/vegan menus) to the distribution of meals (reduction of organic and inorganic waste: composting, recycling, donating food, and portion sizes). Recommendations for purchasing sustainable food (organic, local, and seasonal), nutrition education focused on sustainability, and reducing food waste were frequent; this reinforces the need to stimulate managers’ view, in their most varied spheres, for the priority that should be given to this theme, so that education for sustainability is universally part of the curricula. The importance of education in enabling individuals to promote sustainable development is reaffirmed in Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). The development of assessment instruments can help monitor the evolution of sustainable strategies at schools and the main barriers and potentialities related to their implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f41838b5b77487ca97f7076b222231b2023-11-23T13:44:57ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582022-01-0111217610.3390/foods11020176Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic ReviewEmanuele Batistela dos Santos0Dayanne da Costa Maynard1Renata Puppin Zandonadi2António Raposo3Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho4Department of Food and Nutrition, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá 78060-900, BrazilDepartment of Nutrition, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, BrazilDepartment of Nutrition, University of Brasília, Brasília 70910-900, BrazilCBIOS (Research Center for Biosciences and Health Technologies), Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, PortugalDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá 78060-900, BrazilConsidering the importance of schools for sustainable food offers and the formation of conscientious citizens on sustainability, this systematic review aimed to verify the recommendations on sustainability in school feeding policies and the sustainability practices adopted in schools. The research question that guided this study is “what are the recommendations on sustainability in school feeding policies and the sustainability practices adopted in schools?”. This systematic review was prepared according to PRISMA, and its checklist was registered in PROSPERO. Specific search strategies for Scopus, Web of Science, Pubmed, Lilacs, Google Scholar, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global were developed. The included studies’ methodological quality was evaluated using the Meta-Analysis Statistical Assessment and Review Instrument (MASTARI). A total of 134 studies were selected for a full reading. Of these, 50 met the eligibility criteria and were included in the systematic review. Several sustainability practices were described. The most cited are school gardens and education activities for sustainability. However, actions carried out in food services were also mentioned, from the planning of menus and the purchase of raw materials (mainly local and organic foods, vegetarian/vegan menus) to the distribution of meals (reduction of organic and inorganic waste: composting, recycling, donating food, and portion sizes). Recommendations for purchasing sustainable food (organic, local, and seasonal), nutrition education focused on sustainability, and reducing food waste were frequent; this reinforces the need to stimulate managers’ view, in their most varied spheres, for the priority that should be given to this theme, so that education for sustainability is universally part of the curricula. The importance of education in enabling individuals to promote sustainable development is reaffirmed in Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). The development of assessment instruments can help monitor the evolution of sustainable strategies at schools and the main barriers and potentialities related to their implementation.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/2/176school feedingschool mealssustainability |
| spellingShingle | Emanuele Batistela dos Santos Dayanne da Costa Maynard Renata Puppin Zandonadi António Raposo Raquel Braz Assunção Botelho Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic Review Foods school feeding school meals sustainability |
| title | Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic Review |
| title_full | Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic Review |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic Review |
| title_short | Sustainability Recommendations and Practices in School Feeding: A Systematic Review |
| title_sort | sustainability recommendations and practices in school feeding a systematic review |
| topic | school feeding school meals sustainability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/11/2/176 |
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