How do adolescents classify foods as healthy and unhealthy?: A qualitative inquiry from rural India.

ABSTRACT: Indian adolescents exhibit obesogenic dietary habits including low intake of fruits and vegetables and increasing consumption of fast food and carbonated beverages. Adolescents' classification of healthy and unhealthy foods is likely to have significant implications for their dietary behaviour, and consequently, their health. However, there is limited evidence about the ways Indian adolescents classify foods as healthy or unhealthy. Hence, this qualitative study was designed to explore how Indian adolescents classify nutritious or non-nutritious food choices. Convenience sampling was used to recruit the study participants from Tikari village in Uttar Pradesh, India. Underpinned by the social constructivist lens, the adolescents were interviewed face-to-face in Hindi. All the interactions w

SUBMITTER: Kansal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660067 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature