'I should be disease free, healthy and be happy in whatever I do': a cross-country analysis of drivers of adolescent diet and physical activity in different low- and middle-income contexts.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore perceptions of how context shapes adolescent diet and physical activity in eight low- and middle-income (LMIC) sites at different stages of societal and economic transition.

Design

Novel qualitative secondary analysis of eight data sets generated as part of the international Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition (TALENT) collaboration.

Setting

Diverse sites in India and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Participants

Fifty-two focus group discussions with 491 participants (303 adolescents aged 10-17 years; 188 caregivers).

Results

Analysis of pooled qualitative data identified three themes: (1) transitions in generational nutrition education and knowledge; (2) transition in caregiver-adolescent power balance and (3) the implications of so

SUBMITTER: Weller S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195364 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature