Faculty of Health Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey.
J Sci Food Agric. 2022 Jul;102(9):3724-3729. doi: 10.1002/jsfa.11720. Epub 2021 Dec 27.
The effect of diet type on sustainable environment is known. It is important to understand the adaptation of individuals with high ecological footprint awareness to the Mediterranean type diet, especially under the assumption that the Mediterranean diet will reduce the ecological footprint. In the study, it is aimed to examine the relationship between the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and Ecological Footprint awareness of adults.
The sample of the study consisted of 395 individuals with a mean age of 26.2 ± 8.7 years: 293 females (74.2%) and 102 males (25.8%). As the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Scale (MDAS) score of individuals increased, the Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale score also increased. Similarly, a positive correlation was found between the participants' MDAS score and the awareness of food (r = 0.157; P = 0.002), energy (r = 0.133; P = 0.008), waste (r = 0.149; P = 0.003) and water consumption (r = 0.101; P = 0.045), which are sub-factors of the Ecological Footprint Awareness Scale.
As far as is known, this cross-sectional study is one of the first studies on compliance with the Mediterranean diet and awareness of the ecological footprint. The findings of the study show that as individuals' compliance with the Mediterranean diet increases, their awareness of their ecological footprint will also increase. To reach a conclusion on this issue, future studies should evaluate the relationship between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and awareness of food-environmental impact on different samples. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
饮食类型对可持续环境的影响是已知的。了解具有高生态足迹意识的个体对地中海饮食的适应能力很重要，尤其是在假设地中海饮食将减少生态足迹的情况下。本研究旨在检验成年人对地中海饮食的依从程度与生态足迹意识之间的关系。
研究样本由 395 名平均年龄为 26.2±8.7 岁的个体组成：女性 293 名（74.2%），男性 102 名（25.8%）。随着个体地中海饮食依从量表（MDAS）评分的增加，生态足迹意识量表评分也随之增加。同样，研究参与者的 MDAS 评分与食物（r=0.157；P=0.002）、能量（r=0.133；P=0.008）、废物（r=0.149；P=0.003）和水消耗（r=0.101；P=0.045）的意识呈正相关，这些都是生态足迹意识量表的子因素。
据了解，这是横断面研究中首次研究地中海饮食依从性与生态足迹意识之间的关系。研究结果表明，随着个体对地中海饮食的依从性增加，他们对生态足迹的意识也会增加。为了对此问题得出结论，未来的研究应在不同的样本中评估对地中海饮食的依从性与对食物-环境影响的意识之间的关系。 © 2021 英国化学学会。
