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The Socio‐Economic Boundaries Shaping Young People's Lunchtime Food Practices on a School Day
Author(s) -
Wills Wendy J.,
Danesi Giada,
Kapetanaki Ariadne B.,
Hamilton Laura K.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/chso.12261
Subject(s) - feeling , socioeconomic status , inequality , qualitative research , food service , food insecurity , psychology , sociology , geography , social psychology , marketing , business , agriculture , social science , food security , population , demography , archaeology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Not enough is known about the relationship between socio‐economic deprivation and places where young people purchase food at lunchtime on a school day. This paper draws on qualitative data from 600 + young people aged 13–15 years and illustrates that socioeconomic factors form boundaries that young people have a feeling for when buying food. This informs where they seek out lunch (at school or in local food outlets) and what products, service and prices they access and find acceptable. Such insights help to understand why inequalities in young people's health and eating practices prevail.