Online healthy and sustainable nutrition program for young adults

The pilot intervention will be conducted online via the Deakin Wellbeing Application (mobile application), over a four-week period. The pilot intervention will include educational information only, and no dietary plans will be provided. The information will be scheduled as content posts/ notifications and more detailed resources e.g. health benefits of nuts, can be accessed in an 'Explore' tab. Content posts/ notifications will be scheduled three to four times a week and each post takes less than five minutes to engage with, though, they will be encouraged to use other aspects of the application, which may take more time. It is expected that total usage time will not surpass more than one hour per week. Types of content includes short videos, podcasts, infographics and blogs about the importance of healthy and sustainable eating, and practical strategies e.g. snack swaps. Content will either be self-created by a team of nutritionists and dietitians with at least two years of experience, or sourced from third party sources e.g. dietitians/ nutritionists on Instagram, with permission obtained. There is also a healthy eating habit section where participants can log in and track habits that they've completed e.g. substituted meat with legumes. Participants will also have the opportunity to comment or ask questions for each habit on the healthy eating habit section. A trained nutritionist/ dietitian will moderate these discussions. Another feature is the healthy eating challenge where participants attempt to make meals from the 'Planetary Health Diet recipe challenge' for an incentive. All data collection will also occur online i.e. Qualtrics surveys and within the Deakin Wellbeing Application. As the study is a feasibility trial, usage and interaction of the app will be left to the participants' discretion.