Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2021 May-Jun;69(4):459-462. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2019.1679149. Epub 2019 Nov 5.
The goal of this viewpoint is to promote an integrated and holistic framework for food literacy on college campuses. We propose that a framework to promote an effective understanding of food should encompass social, political, scientific, and personal dimensions; integrating these elements into university curricula and campus culture can empower students to become more engaged food citizens, with implications for their own food choices, and also for the broader food system. Emerging findings show that curricular interventions designed to educate about food system-environment connections can motivate students to reduce red meat and increase vegetable consumption. This viewpoint also lays the foundation for future studies to quantify the impact of increased knowledge on food choices, which can ultimately impact the health and wellbeing of both people and the planet.
本观点旨在为大学校园的食品素养构建一个综合全面的框架。我们提出，一个能够促进对食品有效理解的框架应该包含社会、政治、科学和个人等多个维度；将这些元素融入大学课程和校园文化中，可以使学生更有能力成为积极的食品公民，这不仅对他们自己的食品选择有影响，对更广泛的食品系统也有影响。新出现的研究结果表明，旨在教育学生了解食品系统与环境联系的课程干预措施可以激励学生减少食用红肉并增加蔬菜的摄入量。本观点还为未来的研究奠定了基础，以便量化增加食品知识对食品选择的影响，最终可以影响人类和地球的健康和福祉。
