Creating healthy food environments in recreation and sport settings using choice architecture: a scoping review

The Role of Food and Beverage Environments in Child Health and Weight-Related Behaviors

This article explores how food and beverage environments influence child health and obesity risk and addresses institutional settings, retail environments, food assistance programs, and food and beverage industry marketing. It emphasizes social determinants of health, evidence-based interventions, and policy recommendations to promote healthier food options and reduce inequities. Pediatric health care providers play a critical role in addressing the need for systemic changes to eliminate inequities in food environments and the systems that support these inequities.

Evaluation of an Environmental Nutrition Intervention at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

There has been an increasing expectation that the food provided for athletes at major competition events meets the specific dietary and performance needs of athletes. The aim of this study was to map the range of food service nutrition schemes that were implemented prior to and during a major competition event (2018 Commonwealth Games) and evaluate these schemes through staff training satisfaction, athlete feedback, and quality assurance checks. This study followed a case study design with nutrition schemes as follows: informing (nutrition labelling), enabling (staff training, nutrition service), and engineering (modification to menus and recipes). Overall, participants reported that they easily found items on the menu that met their nutritional/dietary needs. When asked how useful the schemes were in helping them to identify items that meet their needs, the majority of participants found the nutrition cards (n = 227, 71%) and serving staff (n = 212, 66%) 'useful/very useful'. 'Good/very good' ratings were received by >90% of respondents for speed of service, staff politeness, and knowledge of the menu. Participants (n = 316) who rated the nutrition staff as 'useful/very useful' gave a higher median rating for the menu. Past events have focused on the impact of a single component in the food environment; however, taking a whole systems approach resulted in more suitable food provision to meet the dietary needs of athletes.