Discussion Forum 1 - Sustainable Diets ( 240 minutes)

In this activity, you will identify a dietary pattern in your country and evaluate diverse sustainability factors that can affect the security of the food system. 

Step 1: Read and identify

Read this article to better understand Sustainable dietary patterns.

Identify a common dietary pattern consumed by the majority or a diet that is becoming a trend in your country.

Step 2: Evaluate

Describe the dietary pattern that you chose. Evaluate factors like water resources, energy and transports resources, land requirements, climate change impact (Greenhouse Gas Emission), and costs, that affect the sustainability of the food system in the long term.

Step 3: Summarize

Using all of this information, summarize your findings in 300-500 words. Include the sustainability factors identified, providing a rationale for each one on how this dietary pattern affects food system sustainability. 

Step 4: Share 

Share your summary by clicking on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure that you have addressed all the required information. Please ensure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 5: Interact

To complete the activity, you will need to reply to at least two posts made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “post to forum.” 

OPTIONAL Step 6: Interact (10 minutes)

If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”