Abstract
Public higher education institutions (PHEIs) have a unique and important role in responding to the public and planetary health crisis—they are centers of research on public and planetary health and of learning for young people, and have a public good mission. Yet, PHEI campus food environments are predominantly unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable, and associated with unhealthy food choices and unhealthy students. PHEIs are addressing high levels of student food insecurity (FI) that disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups. Yet, because student FI is measured as individual access to adequate quantities of food, campus responses to FI often overlook unhealthy food environments. These environments result from neoliberal PHEI business policies that prioritize short-term revenue and encourage superfluous consumption, and unhealthy, environmentally harmful diets. PHEIs need to move beyond neoliberalism to honor their public good mission, including prioritizing health, the environment, and equity, in decisions about food on campus. My goal in this perspective is to encourage inclusive campus discussion about why this change is required to adequately respond to the crisis of student, public, and planetary health, and about how to begin.
Subject
Food Science,Nutrition and Dietetics
Reference121 articles.
1. Multiple health and environmental impacts of foods;Clark;Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA,2019
2. The Association Between Food Insecurity and Dietary Outcomes in University Students: A Systematic Review;Shi;J. Acad. Nutr. Diet.,2021
3. Neoliberalism’s influence on American universities: How the business model harms students and society;Morgan;Policy Futur. Educ.,2022
4. The Neoliberalization of Higher Education: Paradoxing Students’ Basic Needs at a Hispanic-Serving Institution;Schraedley;Front. Sustain. Food Syst.,2021
5. (2021, March 01). UCOP (University of California Office of the President) Promoting Healthy Beverages. Available online: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2019/11/promoting-healthy-beverages.html.
Cited by
2 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献