Neely Eva, Walton Mat, Stephens Christine
School of Psychology, Massey University, PO Box 756, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
School of Health & Social Services, Massey University, PO Box 756, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Appetite. 2014 Nov;82:50-60. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.07.005. Epub 2014 Jul 10.
Food practices are embedded in everyday life and social relationships. In youth nutrition promotion little attention is awarded to this centrality of food practices, yet it may play a pivotal role for young people's overall health and wellbeing beyond the calories food provides. Limited research is available explicitly investigating how food practices affect social relationships. The aim of this synthesis was therefore to find out how young people use everyday food practices to build, strengthen, and negotiate their social relationships. Using a thematic synthesis approach, we analysed 26 qualitative studies exploring young people's food practices. Eight themes provided insight into the ways food practices affected social relationships: caring, talking, sharing, integrating, trusting, reciprocating, negotiating, and belonging. The results showed that young people use food actively to foster connections, show their agency, and manage relationships. This synthesis provides insight into the settings of significance for young people where more research could explore the use of food in everyday life as important for their social relationships. A focus on social relationships could broaden the scope of nutrition interventions to promote health in physical and psychosocial dimensions. Areas for future research are discussed.
饮食行为融入在日常生活和社会关系之中。在青少年营养促进方面，饮食行为的这一核心地位鲜受关注，然而，其对于年轻人整体健康和幸福的作用可能远不止于食物所提供的热量。明确探究饮食行为如何影响社会关系的研究有限。因此，本综述的目的是了解年轻人如何通过日常饮食行为来建立、加强和协商他们的社会关系。我们采用主题综合法，分析了26项探索年轻人饮食行为的定性研究。八个主题揭示了饮食行为影响社会关系的方式：关爱、交谈、分享、融入、信任、回报、协商和归属感。结果表明，年轻人积极利用食物来促进人际关系、展现自身能动性并管理人际关系。本综述深入探讨了对年轻人具有重要意义的情境，在这些情境中，更多研究可以探索食物在日常生活中的作用，因为这对他们的社会关系很重要。关注社会关系可以拓宽营养干预的范围，以促进身体和心理社会层面的健康。文中还讨论了未来的研究方向。
