Sociocultural factors influencing the food choices of 16--18 year-old indigenous Fijian females at school

Waqa, Gade and Mavoa, Helen (2006) Sociocultural factors influencing the food choices of 16--18 year-old indigenous Fijian females at school. Pacific Public health dialog, 13 (2). pp. 57-64.

Abstract

Few studies have addressed Sociorultural factor underlying healthy lifestyles. The Sociorultural cmponent of the Obexity Prevention in Communities (OPIC) project explores social and cultural factors that may promote or protect against obesity via adolescents" values, attitudes, heliefs and explanations for their patterns of eating and physical activity, as well as preferred body si: e. This paper reports on semi-structured interviews conducted with a sub-sample of indigenous Fijian females in terms of their descriptions of and explanations …

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