Nordic adolescents’ school lunch patterns and their suggestions for making healthy choices at school easier

Kainulainen, Kristiina; Benn, Jette; Fjellström, Christina; Palojoki, Päivi

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2012.03.012

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“…School meals have been extensively studied from the point of view of health and nutrition (e.g., Kainulainen, Benn, Fjellström, & Palojoki, 2012;Tilles-Tirkkonen et al, 2011;Williamson, Han, Johnson, Martin, & Newton, 2013), in relation to weight control and obesity (Millimet, Tshernis, & Husain, 2010), and in view of the pedagogic goals (Benn & Carlsson, 2014;Persson Osowski, Göranzon, & Fjellström, 2013). Attention has also been paid to waste (Cohen, Richardson, Parker, Catalano, & Rimm, 2014;Marlette, Templeton, & Panemangalore, 2005), indicating that the acceptance of school lunch is an issue.…”

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School meal acceptance depends on the dish, student, and context

Tuorila

Palmujoki

Kytö

et al. 2015

Food Quality and Preference

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School meal acceptance depends on the dish, student, and context

Tuorila

Palmujoki

Kytö

et al. 2015

Food Quality and Preference

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“…Questionnaires were completed through a web browser link at school, during a lesson. Further details on the research design and data collection are provided elsewhere (Kainulainen et al, 2012).…”

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Company and meal choices considered by Nordic adolescents

Janhonen

Benn

Fjellström

et al. 2013

Int J Consumer Studies

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This article examines the meal choices considered by Nordic adolescents in two social situations: for themselves and for the family. In addition, the frequency of family meals is compared between the countries studied. The survey data (n = 1539) were collected during 2006–2007 from 9th grade students (aged 14–17 years) in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. Analysis was based on both quantitative variables and open‐ended data. Family meals were found to be less common among Finnish respondents than in the remaining data. In all countries but Denmark, the number of parents in the family had an effect on the frequency of family meals. Meals echoing or fully meeting the structural definition of a ‘proper meal’ were most common when describing meals for the family. The difference between the two social situations was most apparent for those who mentioned ‘Fast food dishes’ for themselves. Gender differences in open‐ended questions were smallest in Denmark and most apparent in Norway. Future studies should focus not only on how many of adolescents eat in what is termed an unhealthy way but also on how they themselves perceive and conceptualize eating, and what kinds of justifications they give to their everyday choices in different social contexts.

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“…In Nordic countries, several different systems for school meal provision can be found, developed in line with differences in historical circumstances and ideology (Kainulainen et al, 2012). Sweden, together with Finland and Estonia, are countries in which school meals are fully funded by the government.…”

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School meals do not have a given place in Swedish school’s quality management

Olsson

Waling

2016

Health Education Journal

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Objectives: Sweden is one of three countries worldwide which has a legal requirement to ensure that pupils in compulsory school should be offered free, nutritious school meals. Furthermore, the law states that school meal provision should be included in schools' internal quality management (IQM) system. The objective of this study was to examine to what extent schools in Sweden are following the legal requirement to include school meals in IQM and the relationship between this inclusion and the application of government advisory guidelines regarding school meals. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Head teachers evenly distributed across all regions in Sweden representing municipality schools, independent schools and Sami schools. Method: Web-based questionnaire completed by 216 head teachers. Results: About half of the schools did not meet the legal requirement to include schools meals in the IQM. Furthermore, familiarity with and use of the National Food Agency (NFA) guidelines and the web-based tool School Food Sweden, as well as activities considered as part of a pedagogical school meal and the inclusion of school meals in interdisciplinary work, were reported to be less common in schools not including school meals in their IQM system. Conclusion: Findings suggest that when there is inclusion of school meals in a school's quality management system, the school is also more likely to include school meals as part of educational activities. By acknowledging school meal provision as part of the educational process, possibilities are opened up for health-promoting activities to prevent non-communicable disease.

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Nordic adolescents’ school lunch patterns and their suggestions for making healthy choices at school easier

Cited by 31 publications

References 8 publications

School meal acceptance depends on the dish, student, and context

School meal acceptance depends on the dish, student, and context

Company and meal choices considered by Nordic adolescents

School meals do not have a given place in Swedish school’s quality management

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