Strategies for Systems Thinking and Sustainable Food Systems Integration in Dietetics Education
Erin Bergquist, Angela M. Tagtow
Abstract
In a time where food and nutrition challenges are increasingly interconnected, nutrition and dietetics education must evolve to prepare students for the complexities of promoting sustainable food systems. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics emphasizes nutrition and health, social, cultural, and ethical values, environmental stewardship, and economic vitality as principles of sustainable food systems.1 In addition, the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics and the Commission on Dietetic Registration point to a need to prepare nutrition and dietetics students for sustainable food systems aspects related to equity and access,2,3 and to employ socially and culturally appropriate interventions.