The Social Environment of Schools and Adolescent Nutrition: Associations between the School Nutrition Climate and Adolescents' Eating Behaviors and Body Mass Index

Autor/inn/en	Cvjetan, Branko; Utter, Jennifer; Robinson, Elizabeth; Denny, Simon
Titel	The Social Environment of Schools and Adolescent Nutrition: Associations between the School Nutrition Climate and Adolescents' Eating Behaviors and Body Mass Index
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 84 (2014) 10, S.677-682 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/josh.12197
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Correlation; Nutrition; Educational Environment; Eating Habits; Body Composition; Body Weight; High School Students; Student Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Student Characteristics; Food; Statistical Significance; Health Behavior; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Korrelation; Ernährung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Körpergewicht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse; Lebensmittel; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Neuseeland
Abstract	Background: The aim of this study was to determine the association between the school nutrition climate and students' eating behaviors and body mass index (BMI). Methods: Data were collected as part of Youth'07, a nationally representative health survey of high school students in New Zealand. Overall, 9107 randomly selected students from 96 randomly selected schools participated. School-level measures were created by aggregating students' reports within schools. Analyses were conducted using multilevel modeling, accounting for student-level characteristics. Results: There was a positive association between the school nutrition climate and students' consumption of fruits and vegetables. This relationship was statistically significant after controlling for the background characteristics of students. There were no associations between the school nutrition climate and students' junk food consumption or BMI. Conclusions: The school nutrition climate appears to have a positive influence on adolescents' healthy eating behaviors (fruit and vegetable intake), but a limited effect on unhealthy eating behaviors and ultimately body weight. This may reflect the pervasiveness of junk food in the environments of adolescents outside of school and the difficulty in limiting its consumption. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10