What Is a Sustainable Diet and Food System and How Can RDNs Accurately Communicate This to The Public

Sustainability is an important issue for consumers and research shows that over half of consumers think that their food purchases have an environmental impact. Many RDNs have a misunderstanding of what constitutes a sustainable food system, and how to effectively educate and empower the consumer to make sustainable food and beverage choices.

Suggested Performance Indicators:

1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4

Learning Objectives:
1. Understand and describe components of a sustainable food system and diet.
2. Dispel the misinformation regarding sustainable agriculture.
3. Outline the steps that the food industry is taking to address sustainability from farm to fork.

4. Outline the steps on how the consumer can improve sustainable food choices

Speaker:

Dr. Joan Salge Blake EdD, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND, is a nutrition professor at Boston University (BU), sought after global speaker and journalist, and the host of Spot On!, the award-winning nutrition, health, and wellness podcast. She has received the 2020 Media Excellence Award from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She has also been awarded the prestigious Whitney Powers Excellence in Teaching Award from the University, twice. Joan is the author of Nutrition &You, Pearson Education (2023), Nutrition & You: Core Concepts to Good Health, Pearson Education (2010). She is the co-author of Nutrition: From Science to You, Pearson Education (2018). Joan has conducted over 3,500 interviews on numerous nutrition topics in media outlets, such as: New York Times, Food Network, Newsweek, Washington Post, Forbes, Prevention, WebMD, Parade, Consumer Reports, MsNBC, Boston Globe, CBS-The Early Show, CNN, NBC News, CBS News, and NPR Readers Digest, Cosmopolitan, People, and Parade.