Christopher J. Bailey|Murray Drummond|Paul Ward
Food literacy programmes in secondary schools: a systematic literature review and narrative synthesis of quantitative and qualitative evidence
Flinders University|Flinders University|Flinders University
current review aimed synthesise literature food literacy interventions among adolescents secondary schools attitudes perceptions food literacy interventions secondary schools effects dietary outcomesthe systematic review searched five electronic databases earliest record presentthe studies selected review sixteen countries australia n 10 canada n 1 china n 1 france n 1 greece n 2 iran n 1 south africa n 1 south india n 1 kenya n 1 norway n 2 portugal n 1 denmark n 1 northern ireland n 1 usa n 17 uk n 1 sweden n 2adolescents aged 1019 yearsfortyfour studies eligible inclusion adolescents greater nutritional knowledge food skills showed healthier dietary practices studies found mixed association food literacy longterm healthy dietary behaviour two studies showed improvement adolescents cooking skills food safety knowledge six studies showed improvement overall food safety knowledge six studies showed improvement overall food nutritional knowledge two studies showed improvement shortterm healthy dietary behaviourfood literacy interventions conducted secondaryschool setting demonstrated positive impact healthy food nutritional knowledge however appears limited evidence supporting food literacy interventions longterm dietary behaviours adolescents evidencebased research required adequately measure domains food literacy agespecific food literacy interventions