{"id":29543,"date":"2026-01-23T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceigram.upm.es\/a-new-project-to-improve-healthy-and-sustainable-diet-policies\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:23:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T09:23:52","slug":"a-new-project-to-improve-healthy-and-sustainable-diet-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceigram.upm.es\/en\/a-new-project-to-improve-healthy-and-sustainable-diet-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"A new project to improve healthy and sustainable diet policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CEIGRAM is carrying out the project \u2018Population segmentation and narrative testing for the improvement of public policies in the field of healthy and sustainable diets<\/strong>\u2019, an initiative funded by FECYT that seeks to identify opportunities and barriers for the expansion of more sustainable eating habits in different segments of Spanish society.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The project, with reference FCT-24-20825<\/strong>, was selected in the Call for Grants for the Promotion of a Culture of Public Innovation 2024<\/strong> by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)<\/strong>, in the category of research projects aimed at obtaining scientific evidence to improve the design of public policies. The initiative is led by the Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid (UPM)<\/strong> through CEIGRAM<\/strong> and has the collaboration of the Directorate-General for Public Health and Health Equity<\/strong><\/a> of the Ministry of Health.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n

Healthy and sustainable diets: a challenge for health and the planet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Promoting diets rich in plant-based foods is essential for preventing chronic diseases such as type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease, which are responsible for a significant proportion of global mortality. At the same time, the current food system is one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions and the disruption of biogeochemical cycles such as the nitrogen cycle. <\/p>\n\n

Although there are synergies between healthy and environmentally sustainable foods, the expansion of these diets faces various barriers. Furthermore, the incidence of these barriers does not affect society as a whole in the same way, nor do the possible interventions have the same transformative potential when targeted at different people. Therefore, the project will identify and characterise existing social profiles in relation to sustainable food. This segmentation of the population will enable the analysis of the main psychosocial and contextual barriers for each type of food consumer, as well as the proposal of the types of intervention with the greatest potential impact. <\/p>\n\n

Objectives and methodology: segmentation and testing of narratives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The overall objective is to increase the impact of public policies<\/strong> by obtaining scientific evidence on the barriers and opportunities in different segments of Spanish society. The project is structured around four specific objectives<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n