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ArticlePublic health nutrition2025

Factors contributing to food choice in the UK secondary school food setting: a systems map perspective.

Niamh O'Kane, Ruth Hunter, Desiree Schliemann, Leandro Garcia, Jayne Woodside, Generating Excellent Nutrition in UK Schools (GENIUS) Network

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Niamh O'KaneCentre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, https://ror.org/00hswnk62Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6563-603X
Ruth HunterCentre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, https://ror.org/00hswnk62Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Desiree SchliemannCentre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, https://ror.org/00hswnk62Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-3002
Leandro GarciaCentre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, https://ror.org/00hswnk62Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Jayne WoodsideCentre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, https://ror.org/00hswnk62Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Generating Excellent Nutrition in UK Schools (GENIUS) Network

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objectiveTo co-develop a systems map of the UK secondary school food system and to understand what factors contribute to food choice within it.

designParticipatory methods were used with a range of UK school stakeholders to co-produce a systems map of factors contributing to food choice in the secondary school food system. An online survey with stakeholders (

settingUnited Kingdom.

participantsUK school stakeholders.

resultsThe systems map contained twenty-four factors with forty-three direct causal relationships between them, each factor falling into one of six themes: catering and procurement; school leadership and governance; the priority of food within schools; social experience, behaviours and attitudes; the food space and experience in school and financial. The map demonstrates how each of the factors interacts with each other, including the direction of influence. It also reveals feedback loops that shape and sustain food choice patterns in secondary schools.

conclusionsThe systems map provides a visualisation of the complex secondary school food system and can be used by stakeholders in the design and evaluation of whole-school, multi-component interventions and programmes targeting food choice in secondary schools.

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Choice BehaviorFood PreferencesFood ServicesSchoolsAdolescentFemaleHumansMaleStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited KingdomCausal loop diagramChildrenFood choiceSchool foodSystemsSystems map

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