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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The role of Indian school canteens in nutrition promotion
Beteiligte:
Rathi, Neha;
Riddell, Lynn;
Worsley, Anthony
Erschienen:
Emerald, 2018
Erschienen in:
British Food Journal, 120 (2018) 1, Seite 196-209
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1108/bfj-05-2017-0275
ISSN:
0007-070X
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PurposeA school canteen can serve as an important setting for nutrition and health promotion. The purpose of this paper is to describe secondary school students’ perceptions of Indian school canteens.Design/methodology/approachConvenience sampling informed the recruitment of 1,026 year 9 students from nine private schools in Kolkata, India, and data were collected through self-completion of paper-based questionnaires. Frequencies and χ2 analyses were computed.FindingsThe school children reported that energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods like French fries (90.4 per cent), pizza (79.5 per cent) and cakes (69.2 per cent) were frequently available in the school canteens. However, only a few students (10.2 per cent) acknowledged the availability of nutritious foods like fruits. Only a small proportion of students were content with the nutritional quality of food supplied in the canteens (3.6 per cent), the cost of food (8.7 per cent) and availability of fresh foods like fruits (5.5 per cent). The provision of healthy foods in the school canteen was supported by two-thirds of the respondents (65.9 per cent); however, only a small proportion (18.3 per cent) supported the restriction of fried foods in school canteens.Practical implicationsThese findings underscore the need for the design and implementation of healthy school canteen policies to foster healthy eating habits among Indian adolescents.Originality/valueThis is the first cross-sectional survey to investigate the views of adolescents regarding school food services in the Indian context.