Young people's food practices and social relationships. A thematic synthesis

Neely, Eva; Walton, Mat; Stephens, Christine

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2014.07.005

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“…Over the years the initial aims of supporting the poor and preventing nutritional deficiencies have shifted toward seeing the lunch situation more broadly as a potential arena for formal food education (Risku-Norja et al, 2012). Schools are also more and more often seen as sites with embedded social and cultural food practices (Neely et al, 2014) and contexts, in which both the formal structures of the school and the objectives of adolescents themselves reciprocally shape what pupils choose to eat during school hours (Ruckenstein, 2012).…”

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“…There is, nevertheless, a lack of knowledge about effective ways to promote adolescents' genuine participation in health promoting activities in school (Aggleton et al, 2010). Health-oriented research also often leaves limited space for positive interpretations of young people's food practices (Neely et al, 2014). Further research is needed on the meanings that young people attach to their own health-relevant behaviors and the ways that these might be in tension with the so called adult world (Wills et al, 2008).…”

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Adolescents’ school lunch practices as an educational resource

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If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine Finnish ninth grade pupils' (15-16 years) perspectives on hot school lunches and consider the potential of these perspectives as a resource for food and health education. Design/methodology/approach -Data include observations, essays, and visually elicitated focus group discussions from a larger qualitative case study. Data were collected during the term 2012-2013. Findings -Pupils considered the lunch break as their free time and valued discussions with friends. The taste of school food was important for them. Pupils solved contradicting expectations connected to school lunches through constructing social hierarchies, making compromises, and conforming to peers' or general opinions. Desire for social belonging and independence were important justifications for breaking food-related rules.Research limitations/implications -Due to the focus on one school, further research needs to address contextual variation in different schools and age groups, as well as the viewpoint of teachers. Practical implications -To genuinely engage pupils, potential contradictions between adults' and adolescents' perspectives need attention. Understanding food-related social determinants and justifications for food practices from pupils' perspective are valuable pedagogical assets for teachers. Pupils' speech and activities that counteract formal aims can be seen also as possibilities for dialogue, rather than merely problems to be changed by adults. Originality/value -The paper describes how pupils' perspectives to school lunch practices are in tension with the educational aims of school lunches, thus contributing to developing adolescent-centered food and health education in secondary schools.

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“…Bansal (2012) argues that in this context, markers of capitalist individualism may offer one of the few means by which Indian youth are able to craft and display individual identity. Food preferences are an important identity marker among adolescents in other contexts (Neely, Walton, and Stephens 2014;Stead et al 2011). Given the importance of material lifestyles as a primary outlet for expressing individuality apart from the Indian family (Bansal 2012), it seems likely that food consumption similarly offers Indian adolescents an arena for negotiating identities.…”

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“…First, adolescents depend heavily on material lifestyles to negotiate identity formation, to form social relationships with peers, and to mark status (Miles 2000). Food is just as meaningful as material goods, and thus the consumption of particular foods is a similarly critical site for accomplishing those objectives (Neely, Walton, and Stephens 2014;Stead et al 2011). That is, food sends information about not only social relationships, but also social distance.…”

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Globalization and Food Prestige among Indian Adolescents

Maxfield

Patil

Cunningham

2016

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

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This study provides a foundation for understanding how globalization and changing food environments are linked to cultural models of food prestige in adolescents. We used methods from cognitive anthropology, including free lists, pile sorts, and consensus modeling, to explore the meanings that Indian adolescents attribute to foods. Adolescents (n = 29) were asked to free list foods eaten outside and inside the home. Different adolescents (n = 65) were asked to pile sort and rank 30 foods identified during the free lists according to which foods are the most prestigious, traditional, routine, and advertised on television. We found that adolescents overwhelmingly believed nontraditional foods to be the most prestigious. Nonlocal foods, both from foreign countries and other regions of India, as well as foods eaten outside the home, were also considered prestigious.

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“…Food and caring have been known to be intrinsically related (Kaplan, 2000;Neely, Walton, & Stefens, 2014). Unfortunately, this does not always result in wellness, as demonstrated by showing caring through feeding children socially valued snacks (Namie, 2011) or serving snacks to reward a positive behavior (Fisher et al, 2015).…”

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Wasted Positive Intentions: The Role of Affection and Abundance on Household Food Waste

Porpino

Wansink

Parente

2016

Journal of Food Products Marketing

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This qualitative study, grounded theory oriented, identifies familial affection and preference for abundance as major drivers of wasted food in lower-middle income American families. These positive intentions provide an improved understanding of household food waste, a problem with high environmental impact and moral implications. Based on empirical data collected with twenty caregivers via in-depth interviews, observations, and analysis of photos, this study provides novel explanations, such as on how stockpiling comfort foods in abundance -a form of both boosting positive self-emotions and showing affection for kids -can promote more wasted food. Other antecedents identified include multiplicity of choices, convenience, procrastination and unplanned routines. In sum, this research identifies a negative outcome of affection and food abundance in the family context, while providing a theoretically relevant general framework to help understand the food waste phenomenon. Authors suggest increasing the awareness of nutritional gatekeepers through behavioral economics principles.

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Young people's food practices and social relationships. A thematic synthesis

Cited by 78 publications

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Adolescents’ school lunch practices as an educational resource

Adolescents’ school lunch practices as an educational resource

Globalization and Food Prestige among Indian Adolescents

Wasted Positive Intentions: The Role of Affection and Abundance on Household Food Waste

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