ArticleNutrients2021
'It's Hard to Make Good Choices and It Costs More': Adolescents' Perception of the External School Food Environment.
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- 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 · 2023Pooled it
- How Does the University Food Environment Impact Student Dietary Behaviors? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- "It's where I buy lunch or anything that I want to buy": a participatory photo elicitation study on adolescents' experience of food choice and environment in Kisumu, Kenya.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Systems-Based Dialogue With Secondary School Students to Explore School Food Environments That Promote Healthy People and Planet.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Adolescents' unhealthy snacking behaviour during the school journey and the association with transport modes and food outlets along the school route.Perspectives in public health · 2026Review
- Slushies before school: exploring how nearby food outlets impact the eating behaviours of secondary students in Perth, Western Australia.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Making sense of healthy and sustainable food: adolescents' voices on what it means, why it matters, and future change.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Perspectives of adolescents from low-income households in Berlin-nutrition described by food affordability, household routines and autonomy: results from an exploratory qualitatively-driven mixed-methods study of cases.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Personal Values for Sustainable Eating: A Preliminary Investigation of a Value-Based Planned Behavior Model.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Food environment around schools and adolescent consumption of unhealthy foods in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- The food environment through the eyes of adolescents: exploring socioecological factors and opportunities for healthy and sustainable food choices.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Retrospective analysis of regional and metropolitan school food environments using Google Street View: A case study in New South Wales, Australia with youth consultation.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Dual impact of information technology and dining environment: the potential mechanisms of takeout services on college student health.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Adolescents' perceptions of food outlets in the school neighbourhood and their unhealthy snacking behaviour on the way to and from school.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Young people's perspectives on policies to create healthier food environments in England.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Nigerian adolescents' exposure to fast food marketing via Instagram.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Development and testing of two tools to assess point-of-sale food and beverage marketing to children in restaurants.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Adolescents' use of online food delivery applications and perceptions of healthy food options and food safety: a cross-sectional study in the United Arab Emirates.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- The interplay between social and food environments on UK adolescents' food choices: implications for policy.Health promotion international · 2023Article
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Abstract
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.
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