What influences urban Indian secondary school students' food consumption? – A qualitative study

Rathi, Neha; Riddell, Lynn; Worsley, Anthony

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2016.07.018

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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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confidence: 86%

“…Firstly, bringing food from home to school sparked the possibility of being mocked or frowned upon by classmates, reflecting strong peer norms that make healthier food choices look untrendy with an implicit risk of marginalization. Such an extent of peer influence that in this age group purportedly overpowers parental influence in establishing health-compromising dietary practices has been documented by several studies across settings [42,[46][47][48]. Secondly, peer influence and low-quality food environment acted in synergy to limit adolescents' food choices.…”

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confidence: 89%

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

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“…International studies have also reported positive effects of school‐based nutrition and food safety education on students’ knowledge and behaviour 36,37 . In addition, the important role of parents’ knowledge and behaviour on their children's understanding and practices of N&Fs related issues identified in the current study has also been reported in international studies on the (positive) influence of parents as role models for healthy eating behaviour among teenagers 38 and middle school students 39 . This reinforces the need to consider nutrition education in a wider context than just what may or may not occur in schools and the need to explore the potential to promote important N&FS topics within the supportive environment of the family.…”

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Experts’ views regarding Australian school‐leavers’ knowledge of nutrition and food systems

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…The DALQ was developed using a combination of questions from previous validated instruments (Neumark-Sztainer et al 2003;Savige et al 2007; and three recently conducted qualitative inquiries (Rathi et al 2016(Rathi et al , 2017a(Rathi et al , 2017c. Questions related to vegetarianism, nutrition education, school food services, healthy eating, and food skills comprised the DALQ.…”

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“…Recent evidence suggests that Indian adolescents exhibit unhealthy eating habits including low intake of fruits and vegetables and increased consumption of energy-dense, nutrient-poor snacks and sugar-sweetened beverages (Joseph et al 2015;Rathi et al 2017b). These obesogenic dietary habits have been variously attributed to the rapidly mushrooming fast food environment and pervasive marketing of unhealthy foods in the contemporary Indian society (National Institute of Nutrition 2010; Rathi et al 2016). Additionally, many adolescents frequently skip meals and snack on fast food frequently (Kotecha et al 2013;Joseph et al 2015;Rathi et al 2018c).…”

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Perceptions of eating and food preparation behaviours for urban private school students in India

Rathi

Riddell

Worsley

2020

Child and Adolescent Obesity

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Introduction: Adolescents' perceptions of eating and culinary behaviours have important implications for their health and nutritional profiles. The purpose of the current investigation is to understand Indian adolescents' perceptions of healthy eating and meal preparation. Methods: Year nine students (n = 1026; 35% males) aged 14-16 years from nine English-speaking private secondary schools in Kolkata, India completed a paperbased, self-reported questionnaire which included questions about facilitators and barriers to healthy eating and meal preparation. Cross-tabulation analyses were performed to examine gender differences on the healthy eating measures. Results: Overall, the adolescents highlighted a number of key facilitators and barriers to healthy eating and meal preparation. The preference for water over sugar-sweetened beverages was cited as the most popular facilitator of healthy eating by adolescents (65.7%). The most commonly perceived barrier to healthy eating was the need for strong motivation to consume a healthy diet (56.1%). The importance of using fresh produce in food preparation (76.5%) emerged as the most prominent component of meal preparation. Conversely, the use of food lists was perceived as the least important aspect of healthy meal preparation (54.2%). In general, girls showed more positive attitudes towards healthy eating and meal preparation compared to boys. Conclusion: This understanding of Indian adolescents' perceptions of healthy eating and meal preparation suggests the development of skills-focussed nutrition education programmes to support young people in preparing and consuming healthy meals.

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What influences urban Indian secondary school students' food consumption? – A qualitative study

Cited by 65 publications

References 100 publications

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

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

Experts’ views regarding Australian school‐leavers’ knowledge of nutrition and food systems

Perceptions of eating and food preparation behaviours for urban private school students in India

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