Community engagement and the promotion of sustainable diets: Lessons from a grassroots meat reduction campaign

Ramsing, Rebecca; Chang, Kenjin; Hendrickson, Zoé Mistrale; Xu, Zhe; Friel, Madison; Calves, Ellen

doi:10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.026

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“…The results from our joint analysis were mostly consistent with earlier research supporting the value of integrated approaches to meat reduction (Kahn-Marshall and Gallant, 2012; Gittelsohn and Lee, 2013;Vo et al, 2019;Ramsing et al, 2021). In addition to replicating these general findings, we were also able to use our novel classification scheme to distinguish between three different types of meat reduction approaches, with multimodal interventions outperforming interventions targeting the choice architecture of the retail environment and conscious decision-making processes alone, independent of the number of strategies involved.…”

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Dietary Change Strategies for Sustainable Diets and their Impact on Human Health, volume II

2024

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“…The results from our joint analysis were mostly consistent with earlier research supporting the value of integrated approaches to meat reduction (Kahn-Marshall and Gallant, 2012;Gittelsohn and Lee, 2013;Vo et al, 2019;Ramsing et al, 2021). In addition to replicating these general findings, we were also able to use our novel classification scheme to distinguish between three different types of meat reduction approaches, with multimodal interventions outperforming interventions targeting the choice architecture of the retail environment and conscious decision-making processes alone, independent of the number of strategies involved.…”

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Strategies for reducing meat consumption within college and university settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Wooden

Rosman

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Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionDespite the considerable public and planetary health benefits associated with reducing the amount of meat consumed in high-income countries, there is a limited empirical understanding of how these voluntary changes in food choice can be effectively facilitated across different settings. While prior reviews have given us broad insights into the varying capacities of behavior change strategies to promote meaningful reductions in meat consumption, none have compared how they perform relative to each other within a uniform dining context.MethodsTo address this gap in the literature, we synthesized the available research on university-implemented meat reduction interventions and examined the variations in the success rates and effect estimates associated with each of the three approaches identified in our systematic review.ResultsFrom our analyses of the 31 studies that met our criteria for inclusion (n = 31), we found that most were successful in reducing the amount of meat consumed within university settings. Moreover, independent of the number of individual strategies being used, multimodal interventions were found to be more reliable and effective in facilitating these changes in food choice than interventions targeting the choice architecture of the retail environment or conscious decision-making processes alone.DiscussionIn addition to demonstrating the overall value of behavior change initiatives in advancing more sustainable dining practices on college and university campuses, this study lends further insights into the merits and mechanics underlying strategically integrated approaches to dietary change. Further investigations exploring the persistence and generalizability of these effects and intervention design principles are needed.Systematic review registrationhttps://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DXQ5V, identifier: 10.17605/OSF.IO/DXQ5V.

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“…In France, a large cross-sectional survey showed that those who participated in “Green Monday” were more likely to be women, more educated, and with higher self-rated affluence compared with controls ( 162 ). A community survey of Meatless Monday participation in Bedford, New York showed that participants were more likely to be women and with higher income but no significant difference in education level compared with controls ( 163 ). Meatless Monday was evaluated for perceived message effectiveness in an online randomized study of 1,244 US adults aged 18 years and older ( 164 ).…”

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The origins and growth of the Meatless Monday movement

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Berg

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Front. Nutr.

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Meatless Monday is a global movement that encourages people to reduce meat in their diets for their own health and the health of the planet. We conducted a comprehensive review of primary and secondary sources and archival material documenting the origins, historical roots, and growth of Meatless Monday and simultaneous developments in public health. Sources for the paper included publications of the US Food Administration and articles and media identified using searches of ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Newspapers.com Academic, ProQuest US Newsstream, ProQuest Canadian Newstream, ProQuest International Newsstream databases, and Google.com. Meatless Monday was conceived by the advertising executive and public health advocate Sid Lerner in 2003, inspired by the meatless days observed during World War I and II. Meatless Monday grew steadily from 2003 to 2023 through advocacy by food writers, talk show hosts, and celebrity chefs, and through participation by schools, cities, restaurants, corporations, and institutions worldwide. School systems began to observe Meatless Monday, such as Baltimore City Public Schools in 2009 and New York City Public Schools in 2019. Meat-Free Monday campaign was launched by Paul McCartney and his daughters in 2009 in the United Kingdom. The Humane Society of the United States became an advocate for Meatless Monday and helped institute it in >200 US school systems. From 2003 to 2023, Meatless Monday spread to over 40 countries and was observed in public schools in countries such as Brazil, Ireland, and Belgium. Findings regarding high meat consumption and its adverse effects on health, high greenhouse gas production and environment degradation, and problems with animal welfare under conditions of industrial food animal production emerged during the same period and influenced many to advocate Meatless Monday. Meatless days of World War I and II were driven by patriotic motivations to provide food for the US troops and the Allies in Europe, whereas motivations for observing Meatless Monday were largely related to concerns regarding personal health, the environment, and animal welfare. Meatless Monday grew from relatively humble origins to a highly recognized worldwide movement with wide appeal as a way to begin reducing meat consumption for personal and planetary health.

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Community engagement and the promotion of sustainable diets: Lessons from a grassroots meat reduction campaign

Cited by 9 publications

References 72 publications

Dietary Change Strategies for Sustainable Diets and their Impact on Human Health, volume II

Dietary Change Strategies for Sustainable Diets and their Impact on Human Health, volume II

Strategies for reducing meat consumption within college and university settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The origins and growth of the Meatless Monday movement

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