Participatory prioritisation of interventions to improve primary school food environments in Gauteng, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In South Africa, overweight and obesity affect 17% of children aged 15-18. School food environments play a vital role in children's health, influencing dietary behaviours and resulting in high obesity rates. Interventions targeting schools can contribute to obesity prevention if evidence-based and context-specific. Evidence suggests that current government strategies are inadequate to ensure healthy school food environments. The aim of this study was to identify priority interventions to improve school food environments in urban South Africa using the Behaviour Change Wheel model.

Methods

A three-phased iterative study design was implemented. First, we identified contextual drivers of unhealthy school food environments through a secondary framework analysis of 26

SUBMITTER: Erzse A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10308686 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature