To learn more about the attitudes of high school students towards food, we conducted multiple focus groups and interviews with local high school students. To assess the impact of the foodscape on student food choices, we mapped food retail outlets in relation to schools and school bus stops. Student’s food choice in Worcester is complex and is influenced by advertisements, peer pressure, easy access to junk food, acculturation, and economic considerations.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Gleason, Frank James
• Zehnder, Jennifer Juliane
• Burke, Bethany Suzanne
• Banegas Nunez, Elena Victoria

Subject

• Culture
• Well-Being
• Health
• Food

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043013-174914

Keyword

• Food habits

Advisor

• Hersh, Robert
• LePage, Suzanne

Year

• 2013

Center

• Sustainable Food Systems Project Center - IQP
• Farm Stay Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Worcester Food and Active Living Policy Council
• Castro, Liz S.
• Kirk, Judi

Date created

• 2013-04-30

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-08-09