eprintid: 10038381
rev_number: 35
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/03/83/81
datestamp: 2017-11-24 14:08:04
lastmod: 2021-09-25 22:51:29
status_changed: 2017-11-24 14:08:04
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Simon, A
creators_name: Owen, C
creators_name: O'Connell, R
creators_name: Books, F
title: Changing trends in young people’s food behaviour and wellbeing in England in relation to family affluence between 2005 and 2014
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J81
keywords: Adolescence, health, fruit, vegetables, HBSC
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Research shows that healthy eating improves outcomes for children and that inequalities in diet are socially determined. However, little is known about how associations between household income and the diet intake of children and young people change over time. Descriptive analysis was carried out using the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children survey data for England for the years 2005, 2009 and 2014 to examine how breakfast, fruit, vegetable and soft drink consumption compares for young people aged 11–15 years by family affluence (low versus medium/high), gender and wellbeing measures. The results show young people in the low FAS group generally reporting less healthy eating behaviours, and differences by gender such as more soft/sugary drink consumption and lower consumption of fruit and vegetables for boys. Young people in the low FAS group also tend to have lower self-reported ratings on other wellbeing measures examined. There is evidence of a ‘closing gap’ between the FAS groups over time in terms of some behaviours. The patterns reported here are complex to interpret but do highlight some potentially positive effects of policies for addressing poor diets and dietary inequalities as well as some concerns given the UK context of continuing political uncertainty.
date: 2018
date_type: published
publisher: Taylor & Francis
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2017.1406599
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1511463
doi: 10.1080/13676261.2017.1406599
lyricists_name: O'Connell, Rebecca
lyricists_name: Owen, Charlie
lyricists_name: Simon, Antonia
lyricists_id: REOCO01
lyricists_id: CFOWE36
lyricists_id: ASIMO62
actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie
actors_id: MDDEW97
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Youth Studies
volume: 21
number: 5
pagerange: 687-700
issn: 1367-6261
citation:        Simon, A;    Owen, C;    O'Connell, R;    Books, F;      (2018)    Changing trends in young people’s food behaviour and wellbeing in England in relation to family affluence between 2005 and 2014.                   Journal of Youth Studies , 21  (5)   pp. 687-700.    10.1080/13676261.2017.1406599 <https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2017.1406599>.       Green open access   
 
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