Association of food environment with diet quality and Body Mass Index (BMI) of school-going adolescents in Nepal
This study highlights impact of home food environment on diet quality and BMI among adolescents in urban Nepal. Availability of healthy foods positively affects diet quality, while unhealthy items negatively influences it. Future research should explore wider food environmental factors and intervention strategies to improve adolescents' diet quality.
Authors
- Neha Limaye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-7628)
- Rajeeb Kumar Sah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-5343)
- Archana Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4741-090X)
- Pragya Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6285-7898)
Institutions
- University of Huddersfield (GB)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (US)
- Kathmandu University (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321524
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00