Food choice and secondary school meals: the nutritional implications of choices based on preference rather than perceived healthiness

Noble, Carol; Corney, Michael; Eves, Anita; Kipps, Michael; Lumbers, Margaret

doi:10.1016/s0278-4319(03)00018-5

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“…Even the parents encouraged this probably due to time constraints [10]. Contrary to previous studies carried out [5,7,21,22,23], this study found that most of the items perceived to be more healthy were those that were more likely to be chosen.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…They prefer to take the 'popular' soft and sweetened drinks despite the awareness of the unhealthiness. A similar study revealed that soft drinks are one of the most common drink choices for adolescent females because of the sweet taste [7,12,24].…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Some authors found an inverse relationship between the perceived wholesomeness of food and adolescents' liking for the foods. Despite this, the difference in nutritional value between the healthy choices and the favourite choices was not as great as many nutritionists feared [4,7]. The meals chosen based on preference were, in many respects, no less healthy than those chosen on the basis of the adolescents' perceptions of the healthiness of the meals, and in some respect the "preferred meals" were healthier [4].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Determinants of food choices of adolescents in South-Western Nigeria

Olumakaiye¹,

Ajayi²

2007

AJFAND

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Food choices of adolescents have become increasingly unhealthy, putting them at increased risk of malnutrition, as they grow older. The study investigated the determinants of food choices of adolescents in order to assess their nutritional knowledge and implication. World Health Organisation (WHO) describes children aged 10-19 years as adolescents. Four hundred and one adolescents who were in secondary schools were interviewed from six of the thirty local government areas of Osun State, which is a south-western state of Nigeria. Based on the population of secondary schools in the local government areas, thirty-two schools were sampled. Pre tested structured questionnaires using a set of high quality colour photographs of foods and drinks that would typically be offered to adolescents were used. The photographs, showing one item each, included foods such as biscuits, buns, meat pie that were classified as "snacks" and those, such as rice and beans garnished with vegetable and either fish/meat stew, stewed beans, pounded yam that formed part of a conventional meal. In the same manner, photographs showing a bottle of coke, milk, chocolate drink and home made non-alcoholic drinks were presented. This was used to elicit information from the respondents. Descriptive statistical techniques such as frequency counts, percentage, mean and standard deviation, likewise inferential tools, such as, correlation analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used in data analysis. The study showed positive and significant correlation between the preference and nutritional contents of foods (r = 0.514, p<0.05) and drinks (r = 0.346, p<0.05).

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Determinants of food choices of adolescents in South-Western Nigeria

Olumakaiye¹,

Ajayi²

2007

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“…Despite our two schools having different FSM profiles (one below and one above the national average), students' preference for sandwiches and pizza v. dish of the day was seen across both schools. This consistency in food ranking is congruent with many studies which have highlighted poor dietary and nutritional choices by children and adolescents (20,25,26) , as well as a preference for fast-food snack options (26)(27)(28) . It seems that the stringent standards for school food provision are being undermined in the first place by students' choice.…”

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Meeting school food standards – students’ food choice and free school meals

Ensaff

Russell

Barker

2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To examine students' school food choice in relation to school food standards and entitlement to free school meals (FSM). Design: Cross-sectional analysis of students' school food choices. Setting: Two large secondary schools in Yorkshire, England. Subjects: Students (n 2660) aged 11-18 years. Results: Sandwiches and pizza were the most popular main food items: 40?4 % and 31?2 %, respectively, in School A; 48?3 % and 27?3 %, respectively, in School B. More nutritionally valuable 'dishes of the day' accounted for 8?7 % and 8?3 % of main foods for School A and School B, respectively. FSM students were more likely (P , 0?0 0 1) to choose main foods (School A: FSM 87?04 %, non-FSM 70?28 %; School B: FSM 75?43 %, non-FSM 56?13 %). Dishes of the day were chosen on a significantly greater (P , 0?0 0 1) percentage of days by FSM v. non-FSM students (School A: FSM 15?67 %, non-FSM 7?11 %; School B: FSM 19?42 %, non-FSM 5?17 %). Conclusions: Despite the availability of nutritionally valuable dishes of the day, the most popular food items were sandwiches, pizza and desserts. FSM students were more likely to choose the more nutritionally valuable dish of the day. School food standards should be reassessed in light of students' preferences.

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“…Entre os escolares, estudos revelam que a prática do desjejum varia entre 70 a 80% dos escolares (STURION et al, 2005;UTTER et al, 2007;FAGUNDES et al, 2008 (NOBLE, 2003).…”

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Food choice and secondary school meals: the nutritional implications of choices based on preference rather than perceived healthiness

Cited by 38 publications

References 22 publications

Determinants of food choices of adolescents in South-Western Nigeria

Determinants of food choices of adolescents in South-Western Nigeria

Meeting school food standards – students’ food choice and free school meals

Qualidade da dieta de escolares do município de São Paulo

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