Consumption habits of school canteen and non-canteen users among Norwegian young adolescents: a mixed method analysis
dc.contributor.author | Chortatos, Arthur | |
dc.contributor.author | Terragni, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Henjum, Sigrun | |
dc.contributor.author | Gjertsen, Marianne K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Torheim, Liv Elin | |
dc.contributor.author | Gebremariam, Mekdes Kebede | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-17T09:30:26Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-15T13:07:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-17T09:30:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-15T13:07:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-10-16 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chortatos A, Terragni L, Henjum S, Gjertsen MK, Torheim LE, Gebremariam M. Consumption habits of school canteen and non-canteen users among Norwegian young adolescents: a mixed method analysis. BMC Pediatrics. 2018;18 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2431 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2431 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6511 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Food/drinks available to adolescents in schools can influence their dietary behaviours, which once established in adolescence, tend to remain over time. Food outlets’ influence near schools, known to provide access to unhealthy food/drinks, may also have lasting effects on consumption behaviours. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of the consumption habits of adolescents in the school arena by comparing different personal characteristics and purchasing behaviours of infrequent and regular school canteen users to those never or seldom using the canteen. Methods: A convergent mixed methods design collected qualitative and quantitative data in parallel. A crosssectional quantitative study including 742 adolescents was conducted, with data collected at schools via an online questionnaire. Focus group interviews with students and interviews with school administrators formed the qualitative data content. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics and logistic regression; thematic content analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Results: Sixty-seven percent of adolescents reported never/rarely using the school canteen (NEV), whereas 13% used it ≥2 times per week (OFT). When the two groups were compared, we found a significantly higher proportion of the NEV group were female, having parents with a high education, and with a high self-efficacy, whilst a significantly higher proportion of the OFT group consumed salty snacks, baked sweets, and soft-drinks ≥3 times per week, and breakfast at home <5 days in the school week. The OFT group had significantly higher odds of purchasing food/drink from shops near school during school breaks and before/after school compared to the NEV group (adjusted odds ratio (aOR)=1.80, 95% CI 1.07–3.01, and aOR=3.61, 95% CI 2.17–6.01, respectively). The interviews revealed most students ate a home packed lunch, with the remainder purchasing either at the school canteen or at local shops. Conclusions: Students using the canteen often are frequently purchasing snacks and sugar-soft drinks from shops near school, most likely owing to availability of pocket money and an emerging independence. School authorities must focus upon satisfying canteen users by providing desirable, healthy, and affordable items in order to compete with the appeal of local shops. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | The study was supported by internal funds from OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | BMC | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | BMC Pediatrics;(2018) 18:328 | |
dc.rights | © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Dietary behaviours | en |
dc.subject | School lunches | en |
dc.subject | Adolescents | en |
dc.title | Consumption habits of school canteen and non-canteen users among Norwegian young adolescents: a mixed method analysis | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2018-10-17T09:30:26Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1299-0 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1621009 | |
dc.source.journal | BMC Pediatrics |
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