Addressing schoolteacher food and nutrition-related health and wellbeing: a scoping review of the food and nutrition constructs used across current research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Teachers form a large and essential workforce globally. Their wellbeing impacts personal health-related outcomes with flow on effects for the health, and wellbeing of their students. However, food and nutrition (FN) interventions that include teachers, typically neglect the impact of personal FN factors on a teachers' ability to achieve optimal nutrition-related health and wellbeing, and successfully fulfil their professional FN roles as health promoters, gate keepers, educators', and role models. The aim of this review was to scope FN constructs that have been studied internationally regarding teacher FN-related health and wellbeing.

Methods

Six databases were searched, and papers extracted in June/July 2021. Eligibility criteria guided by the population, concept

SUBMITTER: Jakstas T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10498614 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature