Indian adolescents' perceptions of the home food environment Rathi, Neha, Riddell, Lynette and Worsley, Anthony Francis 2018, Indian adolescents' perceptions of the home food environment, BMC public health, vol. 18, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5083-8. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads rathi-indianadolescents-2018.pdf Published version application/pdf 469.67KB 154 Title Indian adolescents' perceptions of the home food environment Author(s) Rathi, Neha orcid.org/0000-0002-6098-1723 Riddell, Lynette orcid.org/0000-0002-0688-2134 Worsley, Anthony Francis orcid.org/0000-0002-4635-6059 Journal name BMC public health Volume number 18 Article ID 169 Start page 1 End page 7 Total pages 7 Publisher BioMed Central Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2018-01-22 ISSN 1471-2458 Keyword(s) home food environment adolescents India feeding behavior food housing social environment science & technology life sciences & biomedicine public, environmental & occupational health Summary BACKGROUND: The home food environment has the potential to influence the eating behaviour of adolescents. This investigation aimed to understand Indian adolescents' perspectives of their home food environments. METHODS: Adolescents aged 14-16 years (n = 1026, 65.3% girls) attending private secondary schools in Kolkata completed a paper-based questionnaire during school time which included questions about family food rules, availability and accessibility of foods at home, and domestic cooking responsibility. Boys' and girls' opinions and experiences were compared through cross-tabulation analyses. RESULTS: Almost all the adolescents reported that fruits (91.6%) and vegetables (95.7%) were always available in their homes. Approximately two-fifths reported that sugar-sweetened beverages (36.2%) and salty snack foods (38.0%) were readily available. In 56.1% households, adolescents were expected to follow certain food rules during mealtimes (e.g. not talking with my mouth full). The majority of the respondents (80.4%) identified mothers as the primary meal providers, only a minority reported that fathers (5.1%) were responsible for preparation of family meals. CONCLUSION: This understanding of the family-environmental determinants of adolescent dietary habits provides useful directions for nutrition promotion interventions. Health and educational professionals associated with adolescents could communicate about the development of healthy home food environments to provide positive health benefits for adolescents and their families. Language eng DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5083-8 Field of Research 1117 Public Health And Health Services HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2018, The Authors Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30110531 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 09 Jul 2018, 15:35:41 EST Tue, 10 Jul 2018, 05:04:28 EST Tue, 10 Jul 2018, 08:16:56 EST Fri, 27 Jul 2018, 09:17:16 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 14:10:38 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 14:12:34 EST Wed, 01 Aug 2018, 14:13:10 EST Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 16:19:37 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 19:13:51 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 15 times in TR Web of Science Cited 16 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 442 Abstract Views, 156 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 09 Jul 2018, 15:35:41 EST