Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey
Nutrition professionals (nutritionists and dietitians) assess nutritional and food-related health problems. They also identify appropriate interventions and support people in making dietary and lifestyle changes. The current climate change emergency constitutes a global threat to health, and the nut...
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| author | Özel, Mervenur Bogueva, Diana Marinova, Dora Tekiner, Ismail |
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| description | Nutrition professionals (nutritionists and dietitians) assess nutritional and food-related health problems. They also identify appropriate interventions and support people in making dietary and lifestyle changes. The current climate change emergency constitutes a global threat to health, and the nutrition professionals can promote some diet-related alterations that encourage practical mitigation actions against it. This study assessed the knowledge and awareness levels of Turkish nutrition professionals about climate change by using a multiple-choice online quantitative survey conducted in 2021. It uses a sample of 1200 nutrition professionals who graduated from Turkish Universities. The findings showed that the participants’ climate change knowledge and awareness levels were correlated and significantly affected each other when it comes to understanding, responding, effects and awareness (p < 0.05). However, the links with knowledge about sustainable diet and scientific collaboration were statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). Educational and practice-based opportunities for linking climate change and diet-related advice are suggested for Turkish nutrition professionals. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-881772022-04-01T02:43:41Z Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey Özel, Mervenur Bogueva, Diana Marinova, Dora Tekiner, Ismail 1205 - Urban and Regional Planning Nutrition professionals (nutritionists and dietitians) assess nutritional and food-related health problems. They also identify appropriate interventions and support people in making dietary and lifestyle changes. The current climate change emergency constitutes a global threat to health, and the nutrition professionals can promote some diet-related alterations that encourage practical mitigation actions against it. This study assessed the knowledge and awareness levels of Turkish nutrition professionals about climate change by using a multiple-choice online quantitative survey conducted in 2021. It uses a sample of 1200 nutrition professionals who graduated from Turkish Universities. The findings showed that the participants’ climate change knowledge and awareness levels were correlated and significantly affected each other when it comes to understanding, responding, effects and awareness (p < 0.05). However, the links with knowledge about sustainable diet and scientific collaboration were statistically insignificant (p > 0.05). Educational and practice-based opportunities for linking climate change and diet-related advice are suggested for Turkish nutrition professionals. 2022 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88177 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI AG fulltext |
| spellingShingle | 1205 - Urban and Regional Planning Özel, Mervenur Bogueva, Diana Marinova, Dora Tekiner, Ismail Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title | Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_full | Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_fullStr | Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_short | Climate Change Knowledge and Awareness of Nutrition Professionals: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_sort | climate change knowledge and awareness of nutrition professionals: a case study from turkey |
| topic | 1205 - Urban and Regional Planning |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88177 |