TY - JOUR
T1 - Fruit and vegetable consumption trends among adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 33 countries
AU - Vereecken, Carine
AU - Pedersen, Trine P.
AU - Ojala, Kristiina
AU - Krølner, Rikke
AU - Dzielska, Anna
AU - Ahluwalia, Namanjeet
AU - Giacchi, Mariano
AU - Kelly, Colette
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv012
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv012
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25805780
AN - SCOPUS:84926687033
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 25
SP - 16
EP - 19
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
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