Perceptions of the social and physical environment of adolescents' dietary behaviour in neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic position.

Perceptions of the social and physical environment of adolescents' dietary behaviour in neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic position. Appetite. 2020 Dec 16;:105070 Authors: Havdal HH, Fosse E, Gebremariam MK, Lakerveld J, Arah OA, Stronks K, Lien N Abstract A higher proportion of adolescents from families in a lower socioeconomic position (SEP) tends to have more unhealthy dietary behaviours, and overweight and obesity, than their counterparts in higher SEPs. More research is needed to understand the causes of these differences, in particular the influence of the neighbourhood environment, which has been explored less. The presented qualitative study explores how adolescents and their parents from higher and lower SEP neighbourhoods perceive the social and physical environment influencing adolescents' dietary behaviours. We conducted 6 semi-structured focus groups with 35 13-14 year olds and 8 interviews with some of their parents. The interviewees were recruited from one higher and two lower SEP neighbourhoods in Oslo, Norway. Theme-based inductive coding was used for analysis, and the results discussed in light of an ecological framework. The results indicate that all the adolescents experience several barriers to healthy dietary behaviours. For adolescents in the lower SEP neighbourhood, one or both parents desired their cultural cuisine served at home, whereas the adolescents wanted and often consumed western dishes. Fast-f...
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