Universal school meals and associations with student participation, attendance, academic performance, diet quality, food security, and body mass index: a systematic …

JFW Cohen, AA Hecht, GM McLoughlin, L Turner… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The school environment plays an important role in children's diets and overall health, and
policies for universal free school meals have the potential to contribute to positive child …

Ultra-processed foods, weight gain, and co-morbidity risk

A Crimarco, MJ Landry, CD Gardner - Current obesity reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to provide an update on the
available data regarding the associations of Ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption with …

Gen Z and sustainable diets: Application of The Transtheoretical Model and the theory of planned behaviour

S Ruzgys, GJ Pickering - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
The impact of the agri-food system on the global environment is far reaching. Between water
use, greenhouse gas emissions, and land use, agriculture is one of the most …

Child-report of food insecurity is associated with diet quality in children

MJ Landry, AE van den Berg, FM Asigbee… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Food insecurity (FI) is adversely associated with physical and mental wellbeing in children.
The mechanism underlying this association is assumed to be dietary intake; however …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary pattern trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood and their associations with childhood and parental factors

G Appannah, K Murray, G Trapp, M Dymock… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Although adolescent dietary patterns tend to be of poor quality, it is unclear
whether dietary patterns established in adolescence persist into adulthood. Objectives We …

Experiential learning interventions and healthy eating outcomes in children: a systematic literature review

SD Varman, DP Cliff, RA Jones… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Experiential learning is the process where learners create meaning from direct experience.
This systematic review aimed to examine the effects of experiential learning activities on …

Examining adolescents' obesogenic behaviors on structured days: a systematic review and meta-analysis

K Zosel, C Monroe, E Hunt, C Laflamme… - International Journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background The structured days hypothesis posits that 'structured days'(ie, days with pre-
planned, segmented, and adult-supervised environments) reduce youth obesogenic …

Trajectories of sugar consumption and dental caries in early childhood

MS Echeverria, HS Schuch, MS Cenci… - Journal of Dental …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study verifies the association between the trajectory of sugar consumption and dental
caries in the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort in Pelotas, Brazil. It was conducted with data from the …

Implementation of universal school meals during COVID-19 and beyond: challenges and benefits for school meals programs in Maine

JFW Cohen, M Polacsek, CE Hecht, K Hecht, M Read… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
School meals play a major role in supporting children's diets and food security, and policies
for universal school meals (USM) have the potential to contribute to positive child health …

Adolescent nutrition and health: characteristics, risk factors and opportunities of an overlooked life stage

AM Heslin, B McNulty - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2023 - cambridge.org
Adolescence is a pivotal, yet frequently overlooked, period of life, with this age group often
no longer receiving the focus, care and protection devoted to other life stages. Nutritional …