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. 2015 Dec 10;31(1):82–97. doi: 10.1093/her/cyv063
  • Sources

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  •  ▪ Scopus

  •  ▪ Education Resource Information Center

  •  ▪ Google scholar

  •  ▪ Reference lists

  • Search terms

  •  ▪ Child

  •  ▪ Kid

  •  ▪ Youth

  •  ▪ Adolescent

  •  ▪ Teen

  •  ▪ Nutrition

  •  ▪ Diet

  •  ▪ Eating habits

  •  ▪ Food habits

  •  ▪ Feeding behaviors

  •  ▪ Peer

  •  ▪ Peer led

  •  ▪ Peer-led

  •  ▪ School

  • Inclusion Criteria

  •  ▪ included nutrition education that was led by peers (same age or older)

  •  ▪ took place in a school (elementary or high school)

  •  ▪ investigated outcomes for school-aged youth (5–18 years old)

  •  ▪ took place in Canada or the United States

  •  ▪ reported quantitative results

  •  ▪ published in English

  •  ▪ published between January 2000 and November 2013

  • Exclusion criteria

  •  ▪ did not include an intervention or was not led by peers

  •  ▪ did not include nutrition education

  •  ▪ did not take place in a school

  •  ▪ investigated outcomes for individuals <5 or >18 years of age

  •  ▪ took place in a country other than Canada or the United States

  •  ▪ did not report quantitative results

  •  ▪ not published in English

  •  ▪ published before January 2000 or after November 2013

  •  ▪ not a peer-reviewed primary study

Full PubMed search strategy: (child* or kid* or youth* or adolescen* or teen*) and (nutrition or diet* or eating habit* or food habit* or feeding behavior*) and (peer* or peer led or peer-led) and (school*)