The LO-VEg Project—A School-Based Nudging and Communication Intervention to Promote Vegetable and Legume Consumption: Preliminary Evidence from an Ecological Study in Italian Primary Schools
The LO-VEg project suggests that integrating environmental nudging with child-centered communication strategies may represent a scalable approach to improving dietary behaviors and reducing food waste in school settings.
Authors
- Ludovico Docimo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5587-9452)
- Alessandro Celestini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-4550)
- Rodolfo J. Oviedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3784-6555)
- Federico Maria Mongardini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-0335)
- Silvia Mattoni
- Aman Goyal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7336-1366)
- Adolfo Perez-Bonet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9483-0311)
- Salvatore Tolone
- Michail Koutentakis
- Barbara Dragoni
Institutions
- Sam Houston State University (US)
- Medical University of Warsaw (PL)
- Adesh University (IN)
- Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo Mauro Picone (IT)
- Japan Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (JP)
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- National Research Council (RO)
- Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage (IT)
- Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (IN)
- Lehmann Eye Center (US)
- University of Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071139
- Primary Topic
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Università degli Studi di Milano
- European Commission
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca