Institute of Human Nutrition Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences WULS-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159c., 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 20;18(6):3225. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063225.
Promoting sustainable food consumption patterns and understanding factors driving environmentally-friendly food choices is one of the challenges of public health nutrition policies in the 2020s and crucial for the future wellbeing of humans, food systems and the planet as a whole. To assess the impact of sustainability issues on the behaviors of parents living with young school-aged children in Poland a CAWI survey of 1035 adults in urban areas was conducted. A clustering procedure revealed that two of the identified clusters (73% of the sample) rated sustainability factors as important when purchasing food for children but only one of these clusters (29% of the sample) was actively engaged in raising their child's awareness about sustainable behaviors. The third cluster (27% of the sample) had no intentions to teach their children about food sustainability because of lack of time or distrust in these topics. More than 80% of the sample agreed that parents share a responsibility in teaching children about the links between food, health and environment. Principles of healthy and sustainable diets should be incorporated into public health programmes to empower family members to engage in raising their children's awareness and adopt more healthy and environmentally-friendly food consumption practices.
倡导可持续的食物消费模式，了解推动环保食品选择的因素，是 21 世纪公共健康营养政策面临的挑战之一，对于人类、食物系统和整个地球的未来福祉至关重要。为了评估可持续性问题对波兰有学龄儿童的父母行为的影响，对城市地区的 1035 名成年人进行了 CAWI 调查。聚类程序显示，两个识别出的群组（样本的 73%）在为孩子购买食物时将可持续性因素视为重要因素，但其中只有一个群组（样本的 29%）积极培养孩子的可持续行为意识。第三个群组（样本的 27%）由于缺乏时间或对这些主题缺乏信任，没有打算教导孩子有关食物可持续性的知识。超过 80%的样本同意父母在教育孩子了解食物、健康和环境之间的联系方面共同承担责任。健康和可持续饮食的原则应纳入公共卫生计划，使家庭成员能够参与提高孩子的意识，并采取更健康和环保的食物消费习惯。
