The social, physical and temporal characteristics of primary school dining halls and their implications for children's eating behaviours
The social, physical and temporal characteristics of primary school dining halls and their implications for children's eating behaviours
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DOI：
10.1108/09654281011068540
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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影响因子：
1.3
通讯作者：
Moore, Laurence
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作者：
Moore, Sue;Murphy, Simon;Moore, Laurence
目的-社会，身体和时间特征是众所周知的影响饮食经验和营养政策的有效性。由于学校的膳食服务功能突出，在英国的营养和健康促进政策，本文的目的是调查的特点，小学的餐饮环境和饮食behaviors.Design/方法/方式的影响-一个案例研究的一个地方当局在威尔士进行，涉及11所小学分层到社会经济四分位数。在每所学校的两到三个午餐时间进行了重点观察，以探索他们的社会，物理和时间特征。这些补充了半结构化的采访与餐饮工作人员和中午supervisors.Findings -霍尔斯有许多通用属性（e。G.住宿、设备、午餐时间长度、社会参与者）。这些因素相互作用，对食物的选择和消费产生直接但不一定积极的影响。过度拥挤的多功能霍尔斯，加上时间压力和动态的社交环境，削弱了饮食体验和工作人员鼓励孩子们吃饭的能力。实际影响-如果不解决这些根本问题，学校营养政策在影响方面可能只发挥有限的作用孩子们吃什么。建议政策更加重视的因素，如饮食环境;可用于吃饭的时间;和中午supervisor. Origality/值的作用-以前的研究食堂一般都是营养干预措施的过程评估的一部分。这项研究通过对餐厅环境和饮食行为之间的关系进行集中调查来增加价值。
Purpose - Social, physical and temporal characteristics are known to influence the eating experience and the effectiveness of nutritional policies. As the school meal service features prominently in UK nutritional and health promotion policy, the paper's aim is to investigate the characteristics of the primary school dining context and their implications for eating behaviours.Design/methodology/approach - A case study of one local authority in Wales was conducted involving 11 primary schools stratified into socio- economic quartiles. Focussed observations were carried out over two to three lunchtimes per school to explore their social, physical and temporal characteristics. These were supplemented by semi- structured interviews with catering staff and midday supervisors.Findings - The dining halls had numerous generic attributes (e. g. accommodation, equipment, length of lunchtime, social actors). These interacted to have a direct, but not necessarily positive, bearing on food choice and consumption. Overcrowded, multi- purpose dining halls coupled with time pressures and dynamic social situations detracted from the eating experience and the ability of staff to encourage children to eat.Practical implications - Without addressing these underlying issues, school nutritional policy may only play a limited role in influencing what children eat. It is recommended that policy places a greater emphasis on factors such as the eating environment; the time available for eating; and the role of the midday supervisor.Originality/value - Previous studies of dining halls have generally been part of process evaluations of nutritional interventions. This study adds value by conducting a focussed investigation into the relationship between the dining hall environment and eating behaviours.