School food environment and adherence to school meals of Brazilian adolescents: a multilevel analysis

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https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2024.48.14179

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School feeding, students, school health services, public policy, healthy surveys., school feeding, students, school health services, public policy, healthy surveys

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to assess school environment factors associated with adherence to school meals among adolescents from Brazilian public schools. This is a cross-sectional study with data of 67.881 adolescents aged 11 to 19 years, students from public schools who participated in the 2015 National Adolescent School-based Health Survey (PeNSE). Methods: The dependent variable was the frequency of school meals consumption, classified as adherence (≥3x/week), unsatisfactory adherence (1-2x/week), and non-adherence (no day). Multilevel ordinal proportional odds regression was used to estimate the effect of individual variables and the school environment on school meals adherence. Results: Among the students evaluated, 31.3% adhered to school meals, 37.9% adhered to it unsatisfactorily, and 30.8% did not adhere to it. After adjusting for individual variables, greater adherence was observed among those who attended schools without a canteen (OR: 1.46; 95% CI: 1.35-1.57), without an alternative food sale outlet (OR: 1.29; 95% CI: 1.20-1.39), from the South (OR: 1.38; 95% CI: 1.22-1.56), Southeast (OR: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.16-1.46), and the Midwest (OR: 1.95; 95% CI: 1.75- 2.18), non-capitals (OR: 1.42; 95% CI: 1.33-1.52) and rural areas (OR: 1.41; 95% CI: 1.26-1.57). Conclusion: Factors of the school context and the school food environment, especially the presence of a canteen and an alternative food sale outlet, influence the adherence to school meals among Brazilian school adolescents.

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2024-03-27

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Froelich, M., Andrade, A. C. de S., Mendes , L. L., Talvia, S. S., & Muraro, A. P. . (2024). School food environment and adherence to school meals of Brazilian adolescents: a multilevel analysis. Context and Health Journal, 24(48), e14179. https://doi.org/10.21527/2176-7114.2024.48.14179

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