| Nutrition-related habits and associated factors of Brazilian adolescents. | |
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PMID: 20703509 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the nutrition-related habits (NRH) of Brazilian adolescents and evaluate the associations with risk factors. METHODS: Cross-sectional school-based was carried out among high school adolescents aged 14-18 years (n = 1,759) from public and private schools from two cities. The NRH were investigated by the weekly consumption of vegetables, fruit, sweet food and fried food. Risk factors investigated were: city, sex, age, socioeconomic status and nutritional status. In statistics, Poisson regression was used with robust variance adjustment. RESULTS: Data indicated low consumption of fruits and vegetables, 70.0 and 71.0%, respectively, and high consumption of sweets and fried food, 66.7 and 63%, respectively. Boys showed risk of inadequate intake of vegetables [prevalence ratios (PR) 1.10, 95% CI 1.01-1.16] and fruit (PR 1.09, 95% CI 1.01-1.16). Furthermore, adolescents who live in Maringá had greater likelihood of consuming vegetables and fruit (20 and 25%, respectively). However, they presented risk of inadequate consumption of sweets (PR 1.19, 95% CI 1.11-1.28) for adolescents who live in Presidente Prudente. CONCLUSION: We concluded that inadequate NRH show high prevalence among adolescents and indicate the need to employ educational strategies that promote the adoption of more healthy habits and behaviors. |
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Augusto César Ferreira de Moraes; Rômulo Araújo Fernandes; Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro; Arli Ramos de Oliveira; Alika Terumi Arasaki Nakashima; Felipe Fossati Reichert; Mário Cícero Falcão |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-08-12 |
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Title: International journal of public health Volume: 55 ISSN: 1661-8564 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Public Health Publication Date: 2010 Dec |
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Created Date: 2010-11-26 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101304551 Medline TA: Int J Public Health Country: Switzerland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 661-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Post-Graduate Program in Science, Children Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Rua: Abadia dos Dourados, n° 307-7, Butantã, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. moraes82@yahoo.com.br |
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