On-campus food environment, purchase behaviours, preferences and opinions in a Norwegian university community.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the food environment at OsloMet, through the nutritional profile and processing level of available commercial foods and drinks, as well as to determine food-purchasing behaviours, preferences and opinions on the food environment, in order to identify whether interventions on campus need to be conducted.

Design

Cross-sectional descriptive study.

Setting

Pilestredet and Kjeller campus of OsloMet (Norway).

Participants

To analyse the nutritional profile of products offered at all food outlets (seven canteens, three coffee shops and two vending machines) at the main campuses three criteria were applied: those proposed by the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, the UK nutrient profiling model and those of the Food and Drink Industry Pro

SUBMITTER: Martinez-Perez N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991706 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature