Always Open, Seven-Eleven: Education Targeting Healthier Food Choices in a High Convenience Store Density Area in Taipei

To enhance children's health, the promotion of nutrition literacy in school is vital as it helps prevent development health conditions and diseases maintain healthy lifestyles. Taiwan features top highest ratio convenience stores per population density. Convenience stores, an increasingly popular dining place, were linked to eating behavior body weight issues children. An eight-week classroom-based intervention, employing Traffic Light Diet a framework, targeting perception intention visit store was implemented. The study conducted quasi-experimental pretest-posttest research design with comparison group. A total 49 students participated study, 25 intervention 24 Data collected by utilizing surveys, interviews, observations. study's findings demonstrated positive trajectory impact this on increasing food-and-nutrition-related knowledge improving healthier diet choices at among One main theme identified coding interviews: parent involvement meal preparation may reduce use increase consumption vegetables Assessing influence parental support for dietary choices, nutritious foods home, involving family area future research.