Birgisdottir Bryndis Eva, Thorisdottir Birna, Halldorsson Thorhallur, Thorsdottir Inga
Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Health Sciences and Unit for Nutrition Research, Health Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland.
Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports (NEXS), Section for Nutrition and Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
BMJ Nutr Prev Health. 2025 Jun 13;8(1):e001191. doi: 10.1136/bmjnph-2025-001191. eCollection 2025.
To assess perspectives on transitioning towards more plant-based diets for health and environment in the Icelandic population.
Online questions to a country representative panel (N=2452; >18 years): (1) transition towards more plant-based personal diets for health and the environment, (2) inclusion of education on plant-based diets in preschool and elementary school curricula and (3) supporting farmers for production of more plant foods. Differences between answers according to demographics were tested by χ test.
(1) 37% of respondents were positive towards personal diet transition, 33% were negative, (2) 51% were positive towards education about plant-based diets in preschools and elementary schools, 14% negative, (3) 73% were positive towards supporting farmers to increase production of plant foods, 5% negative. Women, those living in the capital area and those with university education were more positive to the changes than men, people living outside the capital area and people with lower educational level, respectively (p<0.01).
More than one-third of adult Icelanders had positive perspectives to transitions towards more plant-based personal diets, and a majority supported incorporation of education on plant-based diets, health and environment in schools. The strongest agreement was found for support to farmers to produce more varied plant-based foods.
评估冰岛民众对于转向更以植物为基础的饮食以促进健康和保护环境的看法。
向一个具有全国代表性的小组（N = 2452；年龄>18岁）提出在线问题：（1）转向更以植物为基础的个人饮食以促进健康和保护环境，（2）在学前教育和小学课程中纳入以植物为基础的饮食教育，以及（3）支持农民生产更多植物性食物。根据人口统计学特征对答案差异进行χ检验。
（1）37%的受访者对个人饮食转变持积极态度，33%持消极态度；（2）51%的受访者对在学前教育和小学进行以植物为基础的饮食教育持积极态度，14%持消极态度；（3）73%的受访者对支持农民增加植物性食物产量持积极态度，5%持消极态度。女性、居住在首都地区的人以及受过大学教育的人分别比男性、居住在首都地区以外的人以及教育程度较低的人对这些变化更持积极态度（p<0.01）。
超过三分之一的成年冰岛人对转向更以植物为基础的个人饮食持积极看法，并且大多数人支持在学校纳入以植物为基础的饮食、健康和环境方面的教育。在支持农民生产更多种类的植物性食物方面达成的共识最为强烈。
