How Are Adolescents Participating in the Transformation of Healthy Food Environments? A Scoping Review of Empirical Research.

ABSTRACT: Adolescence (10-19 years) is a pivotal life stage, presenting both risks and opportunities for optimizing nutrition. There are global calls advocating for adolescents to play a central role in transforming food environments. The extent to which adolescents have participated in research to improve food environments is unknown. A scoping review was conducted to investigate the extent, impact, and processes of adolescent participation in food environment research. Included studies were mapped through the Healthy Food Environment Policy Index. Extent, impact (individual/community/national/international-level), and processes (barriers/enablers) were analyzed. Adolescent co-researchers informed each stage. Eighty-nine articles (70 unique studies with 20,697 participants across 31 countries) were

SUBMITTER: Todd AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12685493 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature