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. 2021 Feb 19;8:511412. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.511412

Table 5.

Participants' ideas for preventing the intention-behavior gap.

Q3: Can you spontaneously give any tips on how to prevent the emergence of an intention-behavior gap caused by the corresponding factor and if yes, how?
Idea quotes (translation provided by authors)
Availability Offer more “healthy fast food” in cities, train stations, highways
City apps offer targeted information for sustainable, healthy and readily available nutrition options
Better planning of everyday nutrition - do not leave it to chance
Meal prepping and trying to have sustainable snacks always with you, especially if you know that you are out of home
Education The aspects of nutrition, health and sustainability should already be treated in elementary schools regularly
Educational work in the media
Political local implementation strategies that directly affect the population
Public information, e.g., on the products or on stand-up displays in supermarkets
Advertising Be aware of the impact advertising can have. Counter it.
Promote healthy and sustainable products more strongly; So that people are not only bombarded with advertising for unhealthy food products but also with desirable products
Consumers can use tricks to protect themselves from advertising, such as not shopping hungry and carrying a grocery list
One can also use this positively and advertise sustainable products and place them cleverly for shopping
Price Plan and manage your monthly budget at the beginning of the month
Sustainability communication: why are the products more expensive and what
Internalization of costs of conventional foods; This makes them more expensive and organic food able to compete
Educational work on consuming in general. People consume so many unnecessary things that it follows that the money cannot be spent on food