Sustainability in Nutrition Education: student perceptions in public universities in Sinaloa.

Abstract

The objective of the study was to examine the level of familiarity and importance attributed to the environmental, social, and economic dimensions among 576 undergraduate Nutrition students in Sinaloa, Mexico, through the application of a highly reliable questionnaire (α = .965), based on Burkhart et al. (2020), was used, testing the hypothesis of greater familiarity with the environmental dimension. The design was quantitative descriptive cross-sectional. An intermediate level was found across dimensions, without environmental predominance: economic (M=3.36), general (M=3.35), environmental (M=3.27), and social (M=3.21). Lower familiarity was identified in public food policies (M=2.96), use of agrochemicals (M=2.81) and antibiotics in animal production (M=2.83). Food decision-making was high (M=3.57), but 4.2% identified as active promoters. A training gap was identified highlighting the need to consolidate sustainability within the curriculum.