Healthy, Equitable and Environmentally Sustainable Food Environments
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 33
Special Issue Editor
Interests: public health nutrition and obesity; food environment interventions; digital and social media; dietary behavior change; nutritional health promotion; translational research
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the design, evaluation, and implementation of healthy, equitable, and environmentally sustainable food environments, particularly within institutional settings such as universities, hospitals, and workplaces. Institutions represent important and influential contexts in which to improve dietary behaviour, promote sustainability, and reduce health inequities. Despite their importance, food environments in these settings are often under-evaluated or lack policy coherence.
This Special Issue invites original research, reviews, and case studies that examine policy interventions, assessment tools, stakeholder engagement, and practical strategies that create supportive food environments. Contributions that explore links to sustainability, food security, and equity in access to healthy food are particularly welcome.
This Issue aims to complement the existing literature by providing a focused space for cross-disciplinary research on institutional food environments and how they can drive broader public health and environmental outcomes.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Rajshri Roy
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- institutional food environments
- public health nutrition
- sustainable diets
- health equity
- institutional food systems
- policy evaluation
- environmental sustainability
- food retail audits
- nutrition policy
- healthy food access
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