Department of Human Nutrition & Dietetics, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Oct 6;20(19):6889. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20196889.
The purpose of this study was to scan for the obesogenicity of primary school environments in Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa. This study was carried out in ten public primary schools in the Tshwane West district of the Gauteng province. An observational design was used to collect the data. Data collection was conducted using an observational checklist guided by the Analysis Grid for Environments Linked to Obesity (ANGELO) framework. The findings revealed that although a nutrition policy was available in most schools, few schools were communicating the policy. Despite all the schools having sports fields, children were not exercising. Most schools also had a school nutrition programme. Most primary schoolchildren's lunchboxes contained sweets, sugar-sweetened beverages, and snacks. A few lunchboxes contained fruits and vegetables. Primary schools in Tshwane West did not comply with most aspects of the school mapping environment, indicating that the school environments were obesogenic. It is therefore essential to scan for obesogenicity in all South African schools so that tailor-made interventions can be implemented to rectify and further prevent obesogenic school environments.
本研究旨在探讨南非豪登省茨瓦内市小学环境的致肥胖性。该研究在豪登省茨瓦内西部地区的十所公立小学进行。采用观察设计收集数据。数据收集使用观察检查表进行，该检查表以肥胖相关环境分析网格（ANGELO）框架为指导。研究结果表明，尽管大多数学校都有营养政策，但很少有学校在宣传该政策。尽管所有学校都有运动场，但孩子们并没有进行锻炼。大多数学校也有学校营养计划。大多数小学生的午餐盒里都装有糖果、含糖饮料和零食。只有少数午餐盒里装有水果和蔬菜。茨瓦内西部的小学在学校环境映射的大多数方面都不符合要求，这表明学校环境具有致肥胖性。因此，有必要对南非所有学校进行致肥胖性扫描，以便实施定制的干预措施，纠正和进一步预防致肥胖的学校环境。
