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标题：‘It’s Hard to Make Good Choices and It Costs More’: Adolescents’ Perception of the External School Food Environment
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作者：Colette Kelly ; Mary Callaghan ; Saoirse Nic Gabhainn 等
期刊名称：Nutrients
电子版ISSN：2072-6643
出版年度：2021
卷号：13
期号：4
页码：1043
DOI：10.3390/nu13041043
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Research on the impact of school and community food environments on adolescent food choice is heavily reliant on objective rather than subjective measures of food outlets around schools and homes. Gaining the perspective of adolescents and how they perceive and use food environments is needed. The aim of this study was to explore adolescent’s perception and use of the food environment surrounding their schools. Purposive sampling was used to recruit schools. Mapping exercises and discussion groups were facilitated with 95 adolescents from six schools. Thematic analysis showed that adolescents are not loyal to particular shops but are attracted to outlets with price discounts, those with ‘deli’ counters and sweets. Cost, convenience and choice are key factors influencing preference for food outlets and foods. Quality, variety and health were important factors for adolescents but these features, especially affordable healthy food, were hard to find. Social factors such as spending time with friends is also an important feature of food environments that deserves further attention. Adolescents’ perceptions of their food environment provide insights into features that can be manipulated to enable healthy choices.
关键词：food environments; adolescent; qualitative; schools; school food; food choice food environments ; adolescent ; qualitative ; schools ; school food ; food choice