Conhecimentos, desafios e intenções para o consumo alimentar sustentável entre usuários de restaurante universitário

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify and relate knowledge, challenges, intentions for change regarding sustainable food consumption among university students and their sociodemographic profile. The cross-sectional study investigated 158 university students using a structured questionnaire that were analyzed using descriptive and inferential analyses. It was found that those interviewed who reported more knowledge and ease of change were also those who had more intentions of carrying out sustainable actions. There were significant differences between the knowledge score and the variable degree (p<0.01), the difficulty score and the variables gender (p<0.00), race (p<0.02), income (p<0 .01), the intention score and the gender variable (p<0.00). These data demonstrate the window of opportunity regarding food and nutritional education and environmental education among university students in order to raise awareness of sustainable consumption.