Food choice architecture: An intervention in a secondary school and its impact on students’ plant-based food choices

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4426-4437

  Ensaff, Hannah ^a   Homer, Matt ^b   Sahota, Pinki ^a   Braybrook, Debbie ^a   Coan, Susan ^a   McLeod, Helen ^c  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Choice architecture; Food choice; Intervention; School nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLANT PRODUCT; SANDWICH; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; VEGETABLE SALAD; VEGETARIAN DIET; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CATERING SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; ENGLAND; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; VEGETABLE;

FAT INTAKE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FATS; ENGLAND; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SERVICES; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84930959467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7064426     Document Type: Article

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