Baba Yakubu Abdul-Rasheed, Divine Akangoziri Mark, Grema Bukar, Mutallib Yahkub, Lambo Pitmang, Muhammad Attahiru
ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT FAMILY FUNCTIONING ON NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF UNDER-FIVE CHILDREN IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN BAUCHI NORTH-EAST NIGERIA
West African journal of medicine
nutrition professionals important stakeholders sustainable food systems skills promote connection health food production environment culture economics higher education institutions increasingly recognising importance teaching sustainability yet exists gap literature detailing awareness sustainability issues nutrition students study aimed ascertain level knowledge sustainable diets sds perceived barriers adoption diets students experience universitybased teaching sds views future role nutrition profession relation sd amongst nutrition students association nutrition afnaccredited degrees study assessed environmental sustainable food literacy sfl online questionnaire explored issues detail virtual facetoface interviews 2019 quantitative data analysed using descriptive statistics kruskalwallis jonckheereterpstra independent ttest spearman pearson correlations qualitative data analysed using braun clark 2006 sixstep approach thematic analysis questionnaire responses n 51 represented 17 afnaccredited undergraduate courses 35 afnaccredited universities 2019 majority 76 students received introduction partaken module received teaching sds throughout whole degree students predominantly environmentally literate yet fragmented understanding sds focusing environmental aspects sds correlation sfl reported sustainability content university courses highlighting need effective teaching sustainability topics additionally relationship selfreported diet intake sfl found students identified lack knowledge education barriers preventing adopting sustainable practices present future integrate sustainability future practice consistently effectively nutrition students require structured holistic sustainability education knowledge