ArticlePloS one2025
Association of food environment with diet quality and Body Mass Index (BMI) of school-going adolescents in Nepal.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAdolescents are being more vulnerable to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). A healthy food environment is crucial in maintaining a healthy diet and achieving better health outcomes. This study aimed to determine how certain features of home food environment affect diet quality and Body Mass Index (BMI) of school-going adolescents.
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional analytical study among 678 school-going adolescents aged 15-19 years in Budanilkantha municipality of Kathmandu, Nepal. We assessed home availability of food items in the past day, walking time needed to reach nearest shops from home, parental modeling, and parenting style. Furthermore, we assessed diet quality using a Diet Quality Questionnaire as Global Dietary Recommendations (GDR) Score and measured height and weight of participants to calculate BMI. We used multiple regression models to analyze data, all statistical analyses were performed using STATA-14.
resultsOf 678 participants, 51.92% were males, and mean age was 15.56 years. Those who had to walk > 20 minutes to reach nearest vegetable shop had an average 1.44 point lower GDR Score (95% CI: -2.08, -0.19) than those with vegetable shops at their home. Those who had processed meat at home in the past day had 1.61 points lower GDR Score (95% CI: -1.95, -1.28), those with fruits and vegetables had 0.74 points lower GDR Score (95% CI: 0.48, 1.00) as compared to those who didn't have. Participants who had starchy staple available had a BMI score lower by 5.59 kg/m2 on average (95% CI: - 10.78, - 0.40), and when two participants whose parental modeling scores differed by a unit were compared, the one with a higher score had on an average 0.19 kg/m2 greater BMI (95% CI: 0.01, 0.37).
conclusionThis study highlights impact of home food environment on diet quality and BMI among adolescents in urban Nepal. Availability of healthy foods positively affects diet quality, while unhealthy items negatively influences it. Future research should explore wider food environmental factors and intervention strategies to improve adolescents' diet quality.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.