Fruit and vegetable consumption trends among adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 33 countries.
Eur J Public Health
; 25 Suppl 2: 16-9, 2015 Apr.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25805780
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Fruit and vegetable consumption is linked to many positive health outcomes, nevertheless many adolescents do not consume fruit and vegetables on a daily basis.METHODS:
Data of 488,951 adolescents, aged 11-, 13- and 15- years, from 33 mainly European and North American countries/regions participating in the cross-sectional Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveys in 2002, 2006 and 2010, were used to investigate trends in daily fruit and vegetable consumption between 2002 and 2010.RESULTS:
Multilevel logistic regression analyses showed an increase in daily fruit and vegetable consumption between 2002 and 2010 in the majority of countries for both genders and all three age groups. A decrease in consumption was noticed in five countries for fruit and five countries for vegetables.CONCLUSION:
Overall, a positive trend was noticed, however increases in daily fruit and vegetable consumption are still indicated.
Texto completo:
1
Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Verduras
/
Comportamento do Adolescente
/
Saúde do Adolescente
/
Dieta
/
Frutas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
/
Prevalence_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
/
Child
/
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
/
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur J Public Health
Assunto da revista:
EPIDEMIOLOGIA
/
SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Bélgica