Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Medical Sociology, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Medical Sociology, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112, Halle (Saale), Germany.
Appetite. 2021 Dec 1;167:105640. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105640. Epub 2021 Aug 8.
Food practices of children and adolescents have thus far been researched mainly regarding families and schools. However, there are children and adolescents who live outside of their families of origin in various forms of residential accommodation together with other young people and staff. It can be assumed that food practices and eating habits are central and challenging topics in everyday life in these institutions. Therefore, this paper aimed to provide an overview of the empirical research on food practices in residential care for children and adolescents. We identified 11 studies presented in 19 publications. These studies examined data from 479 children and adolescents, as well as 187 staff members, from 48 residential care units in 8 countries. Due to the interdisciplinary research field, the included studies showed great heterogeneity in the examination of food. In summary, the main foci have been the meaning of food practices in residential care, food practices and forced migration, biopolicy, and nutrition and health. A major topic is the social dimension of food, especially the symbolic meaning in terms of providing care and "making a family". Nutritional or health aspects have been mainly analyzed in terms of eating disorders or providing enough food. Future research on food practices in residential care homes should also pay attention to quantitative designs that include a broader understanding of food, including its social and emotional facets.
目前，儿童和青少年的饮食行为主要在家庭和学校层面进行研究。然而，还有一些儿童和青少年以各种形式的住宿方式与其他年轻人和工作人员一起生活在他们的原生家庭之外。可以假设，在这些机构的日常生活中，饮食行为和饮食习惯是核心和具有挑战性的话题。因此，本文旨在概述儿童和青少年住宿照料中的饮食行为的实证研究。我们确定了 11 项发表在 19 篇出版物中的研究。这些研究调查了来自 8 个国家的 48 个住宿照料单位的 479 名儿童和青少年以及 187 名工作人员的数据。由于该研究领域是跨学科的，因此纳入的研究在饮食方面表现出很大的异质性。总的来说，主要焦点是住宿照料中饮食行为的意义、饮食行为与被迫迁移、生物政策以及营养与健康。一个主要的话题是食物的社会维度，特别是在提供照顾和“建立家庭”方面的象征意义。营养或健康方面主要是在饮食失调或提供足够食物的角度进行分析的。未来关于住宿照料中的饮食行为的研究也应该关注包括对食物的更广泛理解的定量设计，包括其社会和情感方面。
