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ArticlePublic health nutrition2019

Examining associations between school food environment characteristics and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Canadian secondary-school students in the COMPASS study.

Katelyn M Godin, Ashok Chaurasia, David Hammond, Scott T Leatherdale

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Article in Public health nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Food environment research in Canada: a rapid review of methodologies and measures deployed between 2010 and 2021.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024
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  4. Influences of the community and consumer nutrition environment on the food purchases and dietary behaviors of adolescents: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katelyn M GodinSchool of Public Health and Health Systems,University of Waterloo,200 University Avenue West,Waterloo,Ontario,Canada,N2L 3G1.
Ashok ChaurasiaSchool of Public Health and Health Systems,University of Waterloo,200 University Avenue West,Waterloo,Ontario,Canada,N2L 3G1.
David HammondSchool of Public Health and Health Systems,University of Waterloo,200 University Avenue West,Waterloo,Ontario,Canada,N2L 3G1.
Scott T LeatherdaleSchool of Public Health and Health Systems,University of Waterloo,200 University Avenue West,Waterloo,Ontario,Canada,N2L 3G1.
University of Waterloo · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP-114875CIHR OOP-110788
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo examine associations between Canadian adolescents' sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption and several school food environment characteristics, and to investigate differences in these characteristics between schools in provinces with voluntary (Alberta) v. mandatory (Ontario) provincial school nutrition policies.

designWe used a questionnaire to assess the number of weekdays participants consumed three SSB categories (soft drinks, sweetened coffees/teas, energy drinks) and various sociodemographic and behavioural characteristics. We examined the in-school water fountain accessibility, vending machines' contents and presence of various food outlets within schools' 1 km buffer. We developed hierarchical Poisson regression models to identify associations between student- and school-level characteristics and students' SSB outcomes.

settingAlberta and Ontario, Canada. SUBJECTS: Adolescents (n 41 829) from eighty-nine secondary schools.

resultsCompared with their Ontarian counterparts, Albertan participants had a significantly higher rate of SSB intake across all drink categories and SSB availability was significantly greater in Albertan schools' vending machines. Availability of sweetened coffees/teas in school vending machines and access to restaurants within the school's 1 km buffer were associated with increased SSB intake in three of the final models. Overall, the school food environment-level characteristics examined had a modest to negligible impact on student days of SSB intake.

conclusionsWe identified that the school food environment characteristics examined here had little impact on adolescents' days of SSB consumption. While schools should adopt or maintain a comprehensive policy approach to discourage students' SSB intake, population-level interventions focusing on other contexts (e.g. home and community) are needed to complement existing school-based interventions.

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Nutrition PolicySugar-Sweetened BeveragesAdolescentAlbertaCross-Sectional StudiesFeeding BehaviorFemaleHumansMaleOntarioRestaurantsSchoolsStudentsCanadaNutrition policySchoolsSugar-sweetened beverageYouth

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PMID29779507
PMCPMC10260457
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