How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study

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Autor(a) principal: Suárez-Gómez, M.
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Costa, Rosalina
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/34307
https://doi.org/Suárez-Gómez M., COSTA Rosalina Pisco (2021) How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study. In Galvão J.R. et al. (eds). Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2021). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75315-3_4 (Print ISBN 978-3-030-75314-6, Online ISBN 978-3-030-75315-3)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75315-3_4
Resumo: The world population is growing at a rapid pace. Economic advance is increasing the global demand for food and diversified diets. Agricultural production contributes to the pollution of the environment. Given the limitation of water and land resources, a dietary change is necessary to contribute to food security and ensure the care of the planet. Sustainable and healthy eating, among which the Mediterranean diet is identified, could be the answer. Leaving the parental home to live independently during young adulthood is likely to influence food choice behavior towards the development of unhealthy and unsustainable food choice patterns. This paper draws on a small scale, mixed-methods qualitative study made with young Portuguese and Spanish millennials in 2019 to question the eating practices and perceptions when experiencing transition to adulthood. Based on food diaries and semi-structured interviews, results show that often participants choose the Mediterranean diet. Millennials express interest in continuing to prepare the homemade and traditional dishes they ate before becoming independent, arguing that they are accustomed to flavors, identifying traditional food with healthy food and valuing the affective memories with their family of origin. Overall, millennials’ food practices transversally claim for a water-energy-food nexus, embracing SDGs.
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title How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study
spellingShingle How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study
Suárez-Gómez, M.
Family
SDGs
Sustainable food
Socialization
Millennials
title_short How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study
title_full How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study
title_fullStr How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study
title_full_unstemmed How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study
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author Suárez-Gómez, M.
author_facet Suárez-Gómez, M.
Costa, Rosalina
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Costa, Rosalina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Family
SDGs
Sustainable food
Socialization
Millennials
topic Family
SDGs
Sustainable food
Socialization
Millennials
description The world population is growing at a rapid pace. Economic advance is increasing the global demand for food and diversified diets. Agricultural production contributes to the pollution of the environment. Given the limitation of water and land resources, a dietary change is necessary to contribute to food security and ensure the care of the planet. Sustainable and healthy eating, among which the Mediterranean diet is identified, could be the answer. Leaving the parental home to live independently during young adulthood is likely to influence food choice behavior towards the development of unhealthy and unsustainable food choice patterns. This paper draws on a small scale, mixed-methods qualitative study made with young Portuguese and Spanish millennials in 2019 to question the eating practices and perceptions when experiencing transition to adulthood. Based on food diaries and semi-structured interviews, results show that often participants choose the Mediterranean diet. Millennials express interest in continuing to prepare the homemade and traditional dishes they ate before becoming independent, arguing that they are accustomed to flavors, identifying traditional food with healthy food and valuing the affective memories with their family of origin. Overall, millennials’ food practices transversally claim for a water-energy-food nexus, embracing SDGs.
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https://doi.org/Suárez-Gómez M., COSTA Rosalina Pisco (2021) How Sustainable is the Millennials' Diet? Reflections on a Qualitative Study. In Galvão J.R. et al. (eds). Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2021). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75315-3_4 (Print ISBN 978-3-030-75314-6, Online ISBN 978-3-030-75315-3)
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