How experts perceive healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour: A qualitative study among an interdisciplinary panel.

A. Mesch; S. Raghoebar; L.H.H. Winkens; J.T.M. Gulikers; R. Wesselink; A. Haveman-Nies

Abstract

Background: To move towards diets in favour of human and planetary health, it is essential to understand what such dietary behaviours entail. While various broad and complex definitions on healthy and sustainable diets have been reported, this study aimed to understand how the combination of healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour is perceived by experts in the field.

Methods: As part of a broader research on determinants influencing adolescents’ dietary behaviours, an online questionnaire was distributed to an interdisciplinary panel of Dutch-speaking experts (n=33, working in research or practice in the fields of health, sustainability, nutrition and/or education) including an open question on their associations with healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour. Answers were analysed by two independent coders using thematic analysis.

Findings: Experts expressed a wide range of perceptions regarding healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour. On the one hand, experts concretely focused on what foods need to be consumed, the production and origin of foods, and dietary patterns. Besides, experts indicated consumer considerations regarding the impacts on human and planetary health, and described behavioural determinants (e.g. skills) to adopt such behaviours.

Discussion: This study showed that experts do not only associate healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour with the actual food intake that is favourable for individual and environmental health, but that they also consider consumers’ decision processes and the underlying determinants. A systems-approach to move towards more healthy and sustainable dietary behaviours was thereby emphasised. Understanding these perceptions may support further development of interventions stimulating healthy and sustainable dietary behaviours.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Charting New Territories in Health Psychology
Subtitle of host publication	36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
Publisher	European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2022
Event	36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society: Creating New Territories in Health Psychology - Bratislava, Slovakia Duration: 23 Aug 2022 → 27 Aug 2022

Conference/symposium

Conference/symposium	36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society
Abbreviated title	EHPS 2022
Country/Territory	Slovakia
City	Bratislava
Period	23/08/22 → 27/08/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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Mesch, A., Raghoebar, S., Winkens, L. H. H., Gulikers, J. T. M., Wesselink, R., & Haveman-Nies, A. (2022). How experts perceive healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour: A qualitative study among an interdisciplinary panel. In Charting New Territories in Health Psychology: 36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society European Health Psychology Society (EHPS). https://2022.ehps.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ehps22_abstracts.pdf#page=75

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Mesch, A, Raghoebar, S , Winkens, LHH , Gulikers, JTM , Wesselink, R & Haveman-Nies, A 2022, How experts perceive healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour: A qualitative study among an interdisciplinary panel. in Charting New Territories in Health Psychology: 36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), 36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society, Bratislava, Slovakia, 23/08/22. <https://2022.ehps.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ehps22_abstracts.pdf#page=75>

How experts perceive healthy and sustainable dietary behaviour: A qualitative study among an interdisciplinary panel. / Mesch, A.; Raghoebar, S.; Winkens, L.H.H. et al.
Charting New Territories in Health Psychology: 36th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society. European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), 2022.

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