Unhealthy Eating Environments
Who?
Young people
What?
Where?
Sugar
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs)
High school students?
Why?
SSBs in high schools
How many high school students are drinking SSBs in schools?
New Zealand
high schools in New Zealand
What is the impact?
Schools that have banned SSBs vs. schools that haven't
How do students feel about the ban?
Uni students?
Probably a higher priority here, because this age group is in a key developmental stage of life
How does it affect focus?
How do parents feel about the ban?
What are the pros and cons of banning SSBs in schools?
How does it affect learning ability?
How does it affect mood?
What stops a school from banning SSBs?
How does it affect mental health?
How does it affect grades?
Does it actually work? How do we know?
Broadly, (aim?) to reduce excess sugar consumption in New Zealand
Western countries that follow similar diet patterns and possibly similar political backgrounds?
high schools in New Zealand and Australia
How?
To reduce excess sugar consumption in adolescents (10-19?)
Starting with high school students (ages 13-18)
To understand the factors contributing to consumption of SSBs at school?
To evaluate the efficacy of banning SSBs?
A constructionist approach where the students explain their perspective on the issue (SSB consumption in high schools)
To gather a sense of the attitudes held by high-schoolers towards SSB consumption and/or banning them in schools?
Focus group type studies?
Excess sugar consumption in NZ is a massive contributor to NCDs like certain cancers and obesity.
Eating and drinking habits (and many other health habits) start young
To form hypotheses on what we can do to reduce SSB consumption in schools, whether that is through banning them or other methods, or in multiple ways.
Qualitative surveys?