Observation and assessment of the nutritional quality of ‘out of school’ foods popular with secondary school pupils at lunchtime

摘要

BackgroundThe contemporary Scottish diet is unhealthy and a risk factor for poor health outcomes including obesity. Over a third of Scottish children are at risk of being overweight or obese, and there have been calls to strengthen the evidence base on the role of the food retail environment around schools in influencing the consumption of unhealthy foods.