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  • Sociology of Food
  • Public Health Nutrition
  • Consumer Behavior

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  • School lunchboxes are influenced by parental values, socioeconomic factors, and current food systems.
  • Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are increasingly prevalent in children's diets, contributing 40-80% of energy intake and posing health risks.
  • Lunchboxes serve as microcosms of broader food system shifts and their societal impacts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine how evolving food system issues intersect with school lunchbox dynamics.
  • To explore parental experiences and perceptions of food provisioning for children in the context of contemporary food cultures.
  • To analyze the socialisation of dietary imbalances and the governance of food practices.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative study employing in-depth interviews.
  • 34 parents in Australia participated in the study.
  • Analysis focused on 'food parenting', temporalities, dietary socialisation, and food governance.

Main Results:

  • Parents experience affective relations in 'food parenting' due to fast-paced food cultures.
  • Dietary imbalances are socialized within family and community contexts.
  • The governance of food systems and practices is complex and multi-scaled.
  • Parents often feel individually responsible for systemic food-related issues.

Conclusions:

  • The school lunchbox exemplifies the individualization of responsibility for collective, multi-scale social problems related to food.
  • Understanding lunchbox contents offers insights into broader food system challenges and their impact on child health.
  • Interventions need to address systemic factors beyond individual parental choices.