SDG Briefs: Dietitian-Nutritionist Roles
In 2015, the seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were put forward by the United Nations, designed to transform our world towards the accomplishment of inclusive and sustainable development (United Nations, 2020).
Each of the following briefs explore possible roles for Dietitian-Nutritionists (D-N) for each of the key UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) listed. The briefs describe how human health and nutrition is impacted by the topic, and how D-N can in turn impact the topic. The briefs are intended to help increase your awareness of how D-N can contribute to broad sustainability goals.
We have included the most immediately relevant SDG in this section, and we are working towards creating briefs for the remaining goals in the near future. Please refer to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals website for more information on all 17 goals.
The original text for these briefs was developed by students of the Nutrition in Global Health and Development class at Acadia University and edited by the ICDA SFS toolkit team.
- Goal 4 – Quality Education [PDF]
- Goal 5 – Gender Equality [PDF]
- Goal 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation [PDF]
- Goal 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth [PDF]
- Goal 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production [PDF]
- Goal 13 – Climate Action [PDF]
- Goal 14 – Life Below Water [PDF]
- Goal 15 – Life on Land [PDF]
