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Thematic map reflecting the combined influence of factors from the social and physical food environments on adolescents' independent food choices.
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Factors from social and food environments can influence the food choices of adolescents in ways not experienced during childhood. Evidence suggests these two environments influence adolescents' food choices independently, but there is limited knowledge of how the interplay between these environments influence adolescents' diets. An enhanced underst...
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... map Figure 1 is a thematic diagram showing how the five themes inter-relate. Social factors, represented by the yellow line, were often at the forefront of what adolescents valued when purchasing food but factors from the food environment, represented by the blue line, shaped and often improved the quality of their social interactions. ...
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