What policies are there and what policies are missing? A Photovoice study of adolescents' perspectives on obesity‐prevention policies in their local environment

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dc.abstract.enThe aim of this study was to investigate adolescents' critical awareness of whether obesity prevention policies targeting physical activity (PA) and nutrition were operating in their local community. Participants were 41 adolescents (aged 16–18, 90% women) recruited from three communities in Poland. Prior to this study, they were involved in obesity-prevention participatory initiatives (conducted within the CO-CREATE project), where obesity-related public policy limitations were analyzed in a youth-led discussion. A Photovoice exercise was designed to capture obesity-related public policies that were either present or absent in young people's local environments. The photographs (N = 213) were coded and mapped according to the policy themes they illustrated, using the MOVING and NOURISHING frameworks. The public policies represented in the photographs are most frequently related to: healthy retail or food service environments; food advertising or promotion; structures and surroundings that promote PA; and infrastructure and opportunities that support public or active transport. Adolescents are critically aware of the presence and lack of specific public policies operating in their local environment, particularly policies affecting structural aspects of food and PA environments. Policy-oriented photovoice exercises may prompt critical awareness among adolescents and empower them to contribute to obesity prevention policy processes.
dc.affiliationInstitute of Psychology
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii w Katowicach
dc.contributor.authorBanik, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKnai, Cecile
dc.contributor.authorKlepp, Knut-Inge
dc.contributor.authorRutter, Harry
dc.contributor.authorRito, Ana
dc.contributor.authorLien, Nanna
dc.contributor.authorBaillergeau, Evelyne
dc.contributor.authorSzczuka, Zofia
dc.contributor.authorBoberska, Monika
dc.contributor.authorKuliś-Stefańczyk, Ewa
dc.contributor.authorŁuszczyńska, Aleksandra
dc.date.access2023-09-27
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-11T07:34:13Z
dc.date.available2024-01-11T07:34:13Z
dc.date.created2023-06-13
dc.date.issued2023-09-27
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Summary</jats:title><jats:p>The aim of this study was to investigate adolescents' critical awareness of whether obesity prevention policies targeting physical activity (PA) and nutrition were operating in their local community. Participants were 41 adolescents (aged 16–18, 90% women) recruited from three communities in Poland. Prior to this study, they were involved in obesity‐prevention participatory initiatives (conducted within the CO‐CREATE project), where obesity‐related public policy limitations were analyzed in a youth‐led discussion. A Photovoice exercise was designed to capture obesity‐related public policies that were either present or absent in young people's local environments. The photographs (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 213) were coded and mapped according to the policy themes they illustrated, using the MOVING and NOURISHING frameworks. The public policies represented in the photographs are most frequently related to: healthy retail or food service environments; food advertising or promotion; structures and surroundings that promote PA; and infrastructure and opportunities that support public or active transport. Adolescents are critically aware of the presence and lack of specific public policies operating in their local environment, particularly policies affecting structural aspects of food and PA environments. Policy‐oriented photovoice exercises may prompt critical awareness among adolescents and empower them to contribute to obesity prevention policy processes.</jats:p>
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dc.description.grantnumberCO-CREATE; European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program; grant agreement no. 774210.
dc.description.granttitleConfronting Obesity: Co-creating policy with youth
dc.description.issueS2
dc.description.physical1-13
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume24
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/obr.13617
dc.identifier.issn1467-7881
dc.identifier.issn1467-789X
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/346
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13617
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
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dc.subject.enadolescence
dc.subject.enframework
dc.subject.enobesity prevention policies
dc.subject.enPhotovoice
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dc.titleWhat policies are there and what policies are missing? A Photovoice study of adolescents' perspectives on obesity‐prevention policies in their local environment
dc.title.journalObesity Reviews
dc.typeJournalArticle
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