Table 1_Climate awareness and lower-meat eating among children and adolescents: potential behavioral pathways and contextual conditions.xlsx

A cross-sectional youth analysis linked climate attitudes with current intake, retrospectively reported reduction, and future intention, whereas a provision-based family trial supplied the clearest within-study change in meat intake. Family gatekeeping, school-food systems, product acceptability, culture, affordability, nutrition, and equity shape opportunities across these routes. Age changes opportunities for dietary agency: decision control may be adult-led, shared, or youth-led within age groups and settings.

Climate awareness therefore occupies one motivational position in a multilevel evidence map. Connecting motivation with acceptable, accessible, and nutritionally adequate food environments provides a testable framework for sustained dietary change.</p>