Investigating Web-Based Nutrition Education Interventions for Promoting Sustainable and Healthy Diets in Young Adults: A Systematic Literature Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Eligibility Criteria
2.2. Selection Process
2.3. Data Extraction and Analysis
2.4. Quality Assessment
3. Results
3.1. Search Results and Characteristics of Included Studies
3.2. Study Quality Assessment
3.3. Use of Behaviour Change Theory
3.4. Sustainable and Healthy Diet-Related Outcomes
3.4.1. Knowledge Regarding Sustainable Diets and Food Preparation Skills
3.4.2. Sustainable Dietary Behaviours
3.4.3. Fruit and Vegetable Intake
3.4.4. Self-Efficacy in Consuming Fruits and Vegetables
3.4.5. Discretionary and Processed Food Intake
3.4.6. Red Meat Intake
3.5. Program Delivery: Feedback and Participant Engagement
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
- Internet/ or Internet-based intervention/
- ((Internet or online or web) adj3 based program*).mp.
- ((Internet or online or web) adj3 based intervention*).mp.
- Adult/ or young people.mp.
- (young adult* or college student* or university student* or adult*).ti,ab.
- (sustain* or sustainable diet* or diet* or food* or food wast* or plant-based* or meat or fruit* or vegetable*).ti,ab.
- 1 or 2 or 3
- 4 or 5
- 6 and 7 and 8
- Limit 9 to English language
Appendix B
Author(s) (Year), Country | Selection Bias | Design | Confounders | Blinding | Data Collection Methods | Withdrawals and Drop Outs | Overall |
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Brown et al., 2011, USA [34] | Moderate | Weak | Weak | Weak | Moderate | Moderate | Weak |
Cameron et al., 2015, UK [13] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Weak | Moderate |
Carfora et al., 2017a, Italy [19] | Moderate | Strong * | Weak | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
Carfora et al., 2017b, Italy [20] | Moderate | Strong * | Weak | Moderate | Moderate | Strong * | Moderate |
Duan et al., 2017, Hong Kong [22] | Moderate | Strong * | Weak | Strong * | Strong * | Weak | Weak |
Epton et al., 2014 [11] | Weak | Strong * | Weak | Strong * | Weak | Moderate | Weak |
Fielden et al., 2016 [35] | Weak | Moderate | Strong * | Moderate | Moderate | Strong * | Moderate |
Franko et al., 2008, USA [23] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong ** |
Greene et al., 2012, USA [24] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Moderate | Strong ** |
Kattelmann et al., 2014, USA [25] | Weak | Strong* | Strong * | Strong * | Moderate | Weak | Weak |
Kypri et al., 2005, New Zealand [27] | Moderate | Strong * | Weak | Strong * | Moderate | Strong * | Moderate |
Park et al., 2008, USA [32] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Strong ** |
Whatnall et al., 2019, Australia [33] | Moderate | Strong * | Moderate | Strong * | Moderate | Moderate | Strong ** |
Nitzke et al., 2006, USA [30] | Strong | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Moderate | Strong ** |
Clifford et al., 2009, USA [21] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Weak | Weak | Weak |
Brown et al., 2014, USA [12] | Moderate | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Weak | Strong * | Moderate |
Richards et al., 2006, USA [37] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Moderate |
Kerr et al., 2016, Australia [26] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Strong | Weak | Strong * | Moderate |
Lachausse, R. G. (2012), USA [28] | Moderate | Strong * | Weak | Weak | Weak | Strong * | Weak |
Meng, J. et al. (2017), USA [29] | Weak | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Weak | Moderate | Weak |
Monroe, J. T. et al. (2015), USA [36] | Strong * | Moderate | Weak | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Moderate |
O’Brien, L. M., Palfai, T. P. (2016), USA [31] | Moderate | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong * | Strong ** |
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Population | Young healthy adults (18–25) except who are listed in the exclusion criteria | Young adults diagnosed with a noncommunicable disease or any other medical condition(s), which requires following a specific diet, or are outside the age range specified |
Intervention | Web-based interventions promoting sustainable diets in at least one of its different aspects (e.g., increasing consumption of plant-based foods, decreasing food waste, reducing red meat consumption and discretionary foods) |
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Comparator | No- or minimal-intervention controls and preintervention baseline | - |
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Ghammachi, N.; Dharmayani, P.N.A.; Mihrshahi, S.; Ronto, R. Investigating Web-Based Nutrition Education Interventions for Promoting Sustainable and Healthy Diets in Young Adults: A Systematic Literature Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 1691. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031691
Ghammachi N, Dharmayani PNA, Mihrshahi S, Ronto R. Investigating Web-Based Nutrition Education Interventions for Promoting Sustainable and Healthy Diets in Young Adults: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(3):1691. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031691
Chicago/Turabian StyleGhammachi, Nadine, Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, Seema Mihrshahi, and Rimante Ronto. 2022. "Investigating Web-Based Nutrition Education Interventions for Promoting Sustainable and Healthy Diets in Young Adults: A Systematic Literature Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 3: 1691. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031691