Lunchtime food and drink purchasing: young people’s practices, preferences and power within and beyond the school gate

Wills, Wendy; Danesi, Giada; Kapetanaki, Ariadne Beatrice

doi:10.1080/0305764x.2015.1110114

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“…The results show that healthy living is complex for adolescent girls with a low SEP. For instance, eating junk food together is very important to girls’ social lives, as was also found in several other studies (e.g. Knight, O’Connell and Brannen, ; Wills, Danesi and Kapetanaki, ). Although girls enjoy eating junk food together, most girls also showed worries about their body weight/shape.…”

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‘McDonald’s Is Good for My Social Life’. Developing Health Promotion Together with Adolescent Girls from Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods in Amsterdam

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There is limited knowledge about key factors that enable adolescent girls with a low socioeconomic position (SEP) to adopt a healthy lifestyle. This paper aims to better understand the complexity of addressing health behaviour of adolescent girls with a low SEP by gaining insights into (i) the perspectives of adolescent girls with a low SEP (n = 26) on a healthy lifestyle, (ii) how to develop health promotion that fits these girls’ daily realities, by using participatory action research (PAR) in which girls developed health promotion materials. The study offers an understanding of girls’ daily lives and how health promotion could be improved.

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confidence: 78%

‘McDonald’s Is Good for My Social Life’. Developing Health Promotion Together with Adolescent Girls from Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods in Amsterdam

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“…The explanations provided included variety, value for money, and to purchase foods and drinks not available in schools. The most important reason cited was to spend time with friends, a finding also identified by Wills, Kapetanaki, et al (2015). In comparison with children who never purchase food or drinks from outside their school at lunchtime, those who do consume a higher intake of added sugar as a percentage of food energy (Macdiarmid et al, 2015).…”

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“…Macdiarmid et al (2015) framed eating in school as potentially ‘socially risky’ for pupils due to the value that is attached to spending time with friends. In situations where pupils registered for FSM leave school for lunch, they are potentially weighing up the cost of a meal against the benefits that can be gained from rebelling and resisting the institutional nature of the school dining hall as part of a peer group (Burke 2005; Fletcher, Jamal, Fitzgerald-Yau, & Bonell, 2015; Wills, Danesi, et al, 2015). …”

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“…At secondary level, it is often impossible for all pupils in the school to be seated at once, with staggered servings in place and limited time allocated to eat. In busy dining halls, pupils are less able to sit with friends and enjoy the valued social aspects of lunch (Wills et al, 2015; Wills, Danesi, Kapetanaki, 2015; Young, Gilligan, & Bainbridge, 2014). Serving areas can also be limited, resulting in larger queues, particularly off-putting to secondary school children (Sahota et al, 2014; Young et al, 2014).…”

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“…Day-to-day, however, take-up is menu dependent, and children are more likely to eat on the days in which popular items are on offer. Issues of greatest concern around food for secondary pupils are lack of meal options, preferences for less healthy meals, small portion sizes, and the limitations of the FSM allowance for purchasing additional foods and drinks (Sahota et al, 2014; Wills, Kapetanaki, et al, 2015; Young et al, 2014). …”

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School and local authority characteristics associated with take-up of free school meals in Scottish secondary schools, 2014

Chambers

Dundas

Torsney

2016

Contemporary Social Science

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School meals are an important state-delivered mechanism for improving children’s diets. Scottish local authorities have a statutory duty to provide free school meals (FSM) to families meeting means-testing criteria. Inevitably take-up of FSM does not reach 100%. Explanations put forward to explain this include social stigma, as well as a more general dissatisfaction amongst pupils about lack of modern facilities and meal quality, and a preference to eat where friends are eating. This study investigated characteristics associated with take-up across Scottish secondary schools in 2013–2014 using multilevel modelling techniques. Results suggest that stigma, food quality and the ability to eat with friends are associated with greater take-up. Levels of school modernisation appeared less important, as did differences between more urban or rural areas. Future studies should focus on additional school-level variables to identify characteristics associated with take-up, with the aim of reducing the number of registered pupils not taking-up FSM.

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Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia

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Hooper

Billingham

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Issue addressed: Locating fast-food outlets near schools is a potential public health risk to schoolchildren, given the easy access and repeated exposure to energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods they provide. Fast-food outlet availability near schools has not been previously investigated in Perth, Western Australia. This study aimed to quantify fast-food outlet availability near Perth schools and determine whether differences in area-level disadvantage and school type exist. Methods: Fast-food outlet locations were sourced from Perth Local Governments in 2018/2019. All Perth Primary (n = 454), Secondary (n = 107) and K-12 (n = 94) schools were assigned an area-level disadvantage decile ranking based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA). Regression models assessed whether fast-food outlet availability within 400 m, 800 m and 1 km of schools differed by school type (ie, Primary/Secondary/K-12) or SEIFA.Results: Secondary schools were significantly more likely than Primary and K-12 schools to have a higher presence and density of fast-food outlets and the "Top 4" fast-food outlet chains (McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, KFC and Red Rooster) nearby. Schools located in low socio-economic status (SES) areas had a significantly higher density of fast-food outlets within 400 m, and "Top 4" fast-food outlet chains within 400 m and 1 km, than schools located in high SES area.Conclusions: Perth schools are surrounded by fast-food outlets with densities significantly higher around secondary schools and schools located in lower SES areas.So what?: Policies and regulations aimed at reducing fast-food outlets near schools is an essential strategy to improve dietary intakes and reduce obesity in schoolchildren.

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Lunchtime food and drink purchasing: young people’s practices, preferences and power within and beyond the school gate

Cited by 27 publications

References 32 publications

‘McDonald’s Is Good for My Social Life’. Developing Health Promotion Together with Adolescent Girls from Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods in Amsterdam

‘McDonald’s Is Good for My Social Life’. Developing Health Promotion Together with Adolescent Girls from Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods in Amsterdam

School and local authority characteristics associated with take-up of free school meals in Scottish secondary schools, 2014

Would you like fries with that? Investigating fast‐food outlet availability near schools in Perth, Western Australia

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