Integrating Sustainable Diets in Healthcare Organizations: A Qualitative Study Among Key Informants about Challenges and Promising Avenues

This study aimed to explore challenges and promising avenues for integrating sustainable diets into healthcare organizations. An exploratory descriptive qualitative study was conducted from May to November 2019 in the province of Quebec, Canada, using semi-structured interviews with 29 key informants from a variety of professions. The study identified that the main recommendation for integrating sustainable diets (SDs) is that a clear commitment from policymakers is needed, that public health officers are in a favorable position to promote SDs, that food services require assistance integrating SD principles, and that health professionals face significant barriers to integrating sustainability into dietary advice.