Resources
Look out for our Sustainable Diets Fact Sheet coming soon.
There are multiple plant based Fact Sheets on the Plant Based Health Professionals website
Webinars
If you search for BDA Sustainability in YouTube there are a number of useful videos.
Check this page for any upcoming webinars or to watch back previous webinars.
Online Courses
This short course by MyNutriCourses on Sustainable Nutrition is endorsed by the BDA and Association for Nutrition
Sustainable Diets: The fundamentals for human and planetary health
https://courses.mynutriweb.com/courses/sustainable-diets:-fundamentals-for-human-and-planetary-health
The food we buy, cook and eat every day – as well as the way it’s produced – is key to addressing the challenge of sustainable healthy eating. This course explores the fundamental principles of a sustainable diet for human and planetary health. It aims to help all health professionals to develop the confidence and knowledge necessary to incorporate sustainability into their practice.
Gain understanding of
- Why sustainability needs to be embedded into food provision, dietary advice and support
- The impact of the food system on health and planet and the urgency to shift to a more sustainable system
- What a healthy sustainable diet encompasses
- Key nutrients often cited as a concern and the evidence supporting their adequacy within a plant-based sustainable diet
- Adaptations and special dietary considerations needed when advising vulnerable population groups or those with enhanced requirements: children, adults, the elderly and athletes
- Key influencers and barriers to shifting the nation towards more sustainable plant-based eating patterns – a ‘top down’ approach
Useful information and links
- Introduction to climate change
- ICDA’s (Intenational Confederation of Dietetic Association) Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Toolkit
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Sustainable diets
- Footprint calculators
- Travel related carbon calculators
- One Blue Dot
- BDA Plant Based Diet sheet
- Organizations promoting sustainable eating
- FCRN - This is such a lovely base for anyone to pull off and learn every and anything about food choices and the environment.
- Sustain - What you can do - and ask others to do - to help make our food and farming system fit for the future
- Eating Better - Better by half: A roadmap to less and better meat and dairy
The Science