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University commitments to a sustainable food system: a content analysis of UK higher education institutions food sustainability policies

C. Blennerhassett; Bethan Turton; Emma Reeder; Stuart Baker

Public Health Nutrition · 2025

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Abstract Objective: The food system is a major contributor to the global burden of disease, ecosystem destruction and climate change, posing considerable threats to human and planetary health and economic stability. Evidence-based food policy is fundamental to food system transformation at global, national and local or institutional levels. This study aimed to critically review the content of universities’ food sustainability policy documents. Design: A systematic search of higher education institutions’ policies, using targeted websites and internet searches to identify food sustainability policy documents, was conducted between May and August 2023. A quantitative content analysis of the identified documents was conducted independently by multiple researchers using a coding template. Inco

Subject
Food & agricultural policy
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Food supply chain
DOI
10.1017/s1368980025101055
Catalogue ID
NRmooj5def-000
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