SynthesisHealth education research2016
Peer-led nutrition education programs for school-aged youth: a systematic review of the literature.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Educational and programmatic components of effective school-based food and nutrition education: an umbrella review.Public health nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Peer-Led Interventions in Improving the Dietary Behavior of Adolescents in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Promoting healthy school food environments and nutrition in Canada: a systematic review of interventions, policies, and programs.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- A systematic review of school-based student peer-led oral health interventions to promote the oral health of school children.BMC oral health · 2023Pooled it
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- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the benefits of school-based, peer-led interventions for leaders.Scientific reports · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Literature Review of Peer-led Strategies for Promoting Physical Activity Levels of Adolescents.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2022Pooled it
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- Compañeros: High School Students Mentor Middle School Students to Address Obesity Among Hispanic Adolescents.Preventing chronic disease · 2017Trial
- Implementation and Feasibility of a Co-designed Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating: Designed by Children for Children.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Feasibility of a school-based peer-led high-intensity interval training intervention: the Young Fitness Leaders project.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Food Game: A Gamified Interventional Study to Promote Healthy Eating, Lifestyle Behaviours, and Sustainability in Italian High School.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Incorporating the Concept of Nutrition Buddies to Improve the Knowledge of the Malaysian Healthy Plate: A Peer-Led Educational Intervention Approach.Health promotion practice · 2025Article
- Drivers of Food Decision Making and Aspirations for the Future of the School Food Environment among Junior High School Students in Cape Coast, Ghana: a Photovoice Study.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- A Narrative Review of Multifactorial Determinants of Childhood Eating Behaviors: Insights and Interventions Using the Social Ecological Model.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Perceived influences of fruit and vegetable consumption among Indian adolescents - A qualitative inquiry.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Healthy Supermarket Coach: effects of a nutrition peer-education intervention in Dutch supermarkets on adolescents' food purchases.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of peer-led education on knowledge, attitudes, practices of stoma care, and quality of life in bladder cancer patients after permanent ostomy.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- The FLY-project: study protocol for mixed methods research to explore the complex social dynamics of sustainable food-related lifestyles in youth in practical education.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Improving child nutrition in disasters by developing a modeled disaster preparedness nutrition education curriculum.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
To date, the impacts of school-based, peer-led nutrition education initiatives have not been summarized or assessed collectively. This review presents the current evidence, identifies knowledge gaps, and provides recommendations for future research. PubMed, Scopus, ERIC and Google Scholar were searched for refereed Canadian and American primary studies published between January 2000 and November 2013, following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Seventeen articles (11 programs) from Canada (24%) and the United States (76%) were identified. The results were summarized in terms of the study population, program design and main outcomes. Common outcome measures included healthy eating knowledge (n = 5), self-efficacy or attitudes towards healthy eating (n = 13), dietary measures (n = 9) and body mass index (n = 4), all of which tended to improve as a result of the programs. More research is needed to ascertain the effect of improvements in knowledge, self-efficacy and attitudes towards healthy eating on food behaviors. When evaluated, programs were generally well received, while the long-term maintenance of positive impacts was a challenge. Studies of sustainability and feasibility to promote long-term impact are a logical next step.
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