Influences of the community and consumer nutrition environment on the food purchases and dietary behaviors of adolescents: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence is a period of increased autonomy over decision-making, including food choices, and increased exposure to influences outside the home, including the food environment. This review aims to synthesize the evidence for the influence of community nutrition environments, spatial access to food outlets, and consumer nutrition environments, environments inside food outlets, on adolescent food purchasing and dietary behaviors in high-income countries. Six databases were searched for articles published before January 2023. Results were synthesized using a vote-counting technique and effect direction plots that record the direction of the effect in relation to the anticipated relationship with health. Thirty-four observational and two intervention studies met the inclusion criteria. In th

SUBMITTER: Shaw S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10909420 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature