School lunchboxes as an opportunity for health and environmental considerations: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT: Very little research has focussed on children's school lunchboxes from both a health and environment standpoint. This scoping review explores studies that considered children's lunchbox food consumption trends at school and the environmental impacts of lunchbox contents. We conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature with a focus on lunchboxes of children in preschool or primary school settings that contained food packed from home, through the lens of food and nutrition in combination with environmental outcomes-particularly food and/or packaging waste. The review included 10 studies, with articles from Australia, USA, Spain, New Zealand and the UK. Half of them were intervention studies aiming to shift knowledge levels and attitudes of teachers, parents and children with regard

SUBMITTER: Lalchandani NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9885980 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature