Using Evidence-based Scientific Research to Influence Dietary Behavioral Change: Taking a Look in the Mirror

Author:

Bueno de Mesquita Clifton P.1ORCID,Vimercati Molano Ylenia1,Vimercati Lara1,de Mesquita P. Jacob Bueno2

Affiliation:

1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

2. Department of Public Health, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, USA

Abstract

Science can provide accurate information to society to inform decision-making and behavior. One contemporary topic in which the science is very clear, yet behavioral change has lagged, is climate change mitigation. Climate change scientists use evidence-based research to advocate to the public to adopt emission-reducing behaviors in various sectors such as transportation and food. However, scientists themselves often do not change their own behaviors according to the scientific consensus. We present a case study of a group of natural sciences PhD students, who, when presented with evidence and an opportunity for a behavioral change with implications for climate change mitigation, demonstrated defensive reactions that would undoubtedly frustrate these same scientists if they were doing public outreach about their own work. Our goal is to raise awareness that we scientists do not always practice what we preach but could perhaps overcome this by understanding the defense mechanisms that impede meaningful change.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

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