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Promoting Healthy Eating among Young People—A Review of the Evidence of the Impact of School-Based Interventions

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Chaudhary, Abina, Sudzina, František, Mikkelsen, Bent Egberg·2020·Nutrients
DOI 10.3390/nu12092894PMC PMC7551272
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Intro: Globally, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing among children and younger adults and is associated with unhealthy dietary habits and lack of physical activity. School food is increasingly brought forward as a policy to address the unhealthy eating patterns among young people. Aim: This study investigated the evidence for the effectiveness of school-based food and nutrition interventions on health outcomes by reviewing scientific evidence-based intervention studies amongst children at the international level. Methods: This study was based on a systematic review using the PRISMA guidelines. Three electronic databases were systematically searched, reference lists were screened for studies evaluating school-based food and nutrition interventions that promoted children’s dietary behaviour and health aiming changes in the body composition among children. Articles dating from 2014 to 2019 were selected and reported effects on anthropometry, dietary behaviour, nutritional knowledge, and attitude. Results: The review showed that school-based interventions in general were able to affect attitudes, knowledge, behaviour and anthropometry, but that the design of the intervention affects the size of the effect. In general, food focused interventions taking an environmental approach seemed to be most effective. Conclusions: School-based interventions (including multicomponent interventions) can be an effective and promising means for promoting healthy eating, improving dietary behaviour, attitude and anthropometry among young children. Thus, schools as a system have the potential to make lasting improvements, ensuring healthy school environment around the globe for the betterment of children’s short- and long-term health.

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Authors
Chaudhary, A., Sudzina, F., & Mikkelsen, B. E.
Affiliations
  • Independent Researcher, Kastrupvej 79, 2300 Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Prague University of Economics and Business (CZ)
  • University of Copenhagen (DK)
Corresponding author
Sudzina, František
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Venue
Nutrients
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-09-22
Volume
12
Issue
9
Pages
2894
ISSN
2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.3390/nu12092894
PMC
PMC7551272
OpenAlex
W3087796887
Cited by
199
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 41 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 1
FWCI
2.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nutrients (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › School Health and Nursing Education
Keywords
school-based intervention, healthy eating, children, dietary behaviour, nutrition knowledge, anthropometry, body composition, childhood obesity, overweight, environmental approach, multicomponent intervention, school nutrition policy, nutrition attitudes
MeSH terms
Diet, Healthy, Adolescent, Body Composition, Child, Child, Preschool, Feeding Behavior, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, School Health Services, Schools, Health Behavior, Body Mass Index, Overweight, Pediatric Obesity

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