Department of Public Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Post Box 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway.
Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3D10, 3280 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6 Canada.
Health Promot Int. 2024 Jun 1;39(3). doi: 10.1093/heapro/daae043.
The purpose of the study was to explore how adolescents from a high school in Viken county define and interact with food systems in their immediate environments to understand if and how health and sustainability affect their food choices. A qualitative case study design and a participatory approach were employed. Data were collected through photo elicitation combined with group interviews. Pictures were analyzed in collaboration with participants, and the group interview through systematic text condensation. Results indicate that adolescents perceive food systems as being a substantial part of their everyday life, that they care about their health and that of the planet, and they wish to take sustainability and health into consideration when making food choices. Their food choices are affected by aspects such as family, friends, marketing, price, time, availability and accessibility. They perceive that their agency to influence their own diet and food systems is limited. Adolescents hold unique and important knowledge of their food-related behaviors and value their autonomy to make food choices. Future research and policies aiming to help adolescents make healthy and sustainable food choices should therefore actively include adolescents.
本研究旨在探讨维肯郡一所高中的青少年如何定义和与他们所处的环境中的食品系统互动，以了解健康和可持续性是否以及如何影响他们的食物选择。采用定性案例研究设计和参与式方法。通过照片引发结合小组访谈收集数据。与参与者合作分析图片，并通过系统文本浓缩分析小组访谈。研究结果表明，青少年认为食品系统是他们日常生活的重要组成部分，他们关心自己和地球的健康，并希望在做出食物选择时考虑可持续性和健康因素。他们的食物选择受到家庭、朋友、营销、价格、时间、可用性和可及性等方面的影响。他们认为自己影响自己饮食和食品系统的能力有限。青少年对自己与食物相关的行为有着独特而重要的认识，并重视自己做出食物选择的自主权。因此，未来旨在帮助青少年做出健康和可持续的食物选择的研究和政策应该积极纳入青少年。
