INTRODUCTION:
The intake of
fruits,
vegetables and greens is in accordance with the recommendations in a minority of the
population, especially in
adolescents, as it has been shown in
literature. The importance to increase this
food consumption regards to the prevention of non-transmissible
chronic diseases.
OBJECTIVE:
was to estimate and describe the frequency of
fruit/
juice and
vegetable intake, and assess the adequacy of this
consumption based on the recommendations of the "Ten steps to
healthy eating", in
adolescents in Curitiba,
Brazil.
METHODS:
The
food intake frequency was categorized as adequate or inadequate. The relationship between the intake and the independent variables (socioeconomic) was verified by simple and multiple
logistic regressions.
RESULTS:
The participants were 341
adolescents, most
female and
aged between 10 - 12 years. The most frequent
maternal educational level was
High School, most of them working outside home. Monthly
family incomes up to 3 minimum
wages were most frequent. Most
adolescents had inadequate intake of
fruits/
juices and greens/
vegetables, with higher inadequacy for the latter. Only 3.5% of them had adequate intake of both groups of
food.
CONCLUSIONS:
The intake of
fruit/
juice was not associated with any of the analyzed variables. It was found
association of inadequate intake of greens/
vegetables only for the age range of 14-19 years, which remained after multiple regression...(AU)