Measurement of the Consumer and School Food Environment as Factors in Dietary Intake and Obesity Status Among Rural Adolescents

Gustafson, Alison; Jilcott-Pitts, Stephanie

doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2017.05.094

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“…Secondly, peer influence and low-quality food environment acted in synergy to limit adolescents' food choices. Agreeing with previous studies [46,[49][50][51][52][53], our findings distinguished the powerful influence of easy access to cheap street foods adjacent to school and on the way to and from school on adolescents' eating habit, as they narrated on Fridays, when the school is closed, they consume fewer to no outside foods, simply because of the inaccessibility. Besides, the schools in Matlab do not operate school meal program.…”

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Sociocultural Influences on Dietary Practices and Physical Activity Behaviors of Rural Adolescents—A Qualitative Exploration

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In the aftermath of nutrition transition and ever-increasing sedentarism, adolescents globally are exposed to negative health consequences. Diverse sociocultural influences play a critical role in their adoption of unhealthy dietary practices and suboptimal physical activity behaviors. Context-specific understandings of how these sociocultural influences shape adolescents’ dietary and physical activity patterns in a rural, resource-limited setting remained elusive. Aiming to address the gap, this qualitative study explored adolescents’ and mothers’ perception of broader sociocultural aspects that sculpt the food choices, eating habits and physical activity behaviors of adolescents in Matlab, Bangladesh. Six digitally-recorded focus group discussions were transcribed verbatim, translated into English and analyzed thematically. Marked taste-driven dietary preference of adolescents and its prioritization within family by the mothers, popularity of street foods, better understanding of the importance of food hygiene and safety contrasting with narrow perception of balance and diversity in diet, peer influence along with deficient school and community food environment, internalization and rigidity of gender norms were found to be exerting major influence. The findings highlighted key targets for community-based nutrition interventions and endorsed thorough consideration of socio-cultural factors in formulating strategies to promote healthful eating and physical activity behaviors among the adolescents.

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