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School lunchboxes as an opportunity for health and environmental considerations: a scoping review

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dc.contributor.authorLalchandani, N.K.
dc.contributor.authorPoirier, B.
dc.contributor.authorCrabb, S.
dc.contributor.authorMiller, C.
dc.contributor.authorHume, C.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractVery little research has focussed on children's school lunchboxes from both a health and environment standpoint. This scoping review explores studies that considered children's lunchbox food consumption trends at school and the environmental impacts of lunchbox contents. We conducted a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature with a focus on lunchboxes of children in preschool or primary school settings that contained food packed from home, through the lens of food and nutrition in combination with environmental outcomes-particularly food and/or packaging waste. The review included 10 studies, with articles from Australia, USA, Spain, New Zealand and the UK. Half of them were intervention studies aiming to shift knowledge levels and attitudes of teachers, parents and children with regard to reducing packaged food choices and food waste, and improving dietary habits. Acknowledging the complexity of lunchbox packing and consumption practices, this review recommends the consideration of socio-ecological influences on children's health and sustainability behaviour, and mobilizing their pro-environmental agency.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityNeha Kishan Lalchandani, Brianna Poirier, Shona Crabb, Caroline Miller, and Clare Hume
dc.identifier.citationHealth Promotion International, 2023; 38(1):1-13
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/heapro/daac201
dc.identifier.issn0957-4824
dc.identifier.issn1460-2245
dc.identifier.orcidLalchandani, N.K. [0000-0002-6359-1704]
dc.identifier.orcidPoirier, B. [0000-0002-8257-6104]
dc.identifier.orcidCrabb, S. [0000-0003-3651-2916]
dc.identifier.orcidMiller, C. [0000-0001-9723-8047]
dc.identifier.orcidHume, C. [0000-0002-5719-3232]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/137613
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press (OUP)
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1195421
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac201
dc.subjectscoping review
dc.subjectschool lunchboxes
dc.subjectchild
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectenvironment
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshFood Preferences
dc.subject.meshRefuse Disposal
dc.subject.meshSchools
dc.subject.meshFood
dc.subject.meshChild
dc.subject.meshChild, Preschool
dc.subject.meshAustralia
dc.titleSchool lunchboxes as an opportunity for health and environmental considerations: a scoping review
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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