Frequency and factors associated with adolescents’ consumption of fruits and vegetables

• Autor(a) principal: Paini, Daniela
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Kirsten, Vanessa Ramos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/9029
• topic: Adolescent health; Food consumption; Nutritional status; Risk factors; Consumo de alimentos; Estado nutricional; Fatores de risco; Saúde do adolescente; Nutrição na adolescência; Consumo alimentar de adolescentes; Estado nutricional

To evaluate the daily consumption frequency of fruits and vegetables and associated factors in adolescents. Cross-sectional study with 958 adolescents. The daily consumption frequencies were calculated as the main outcome and the prevalence ratio test (PR). The daily consumption frequency of fruit, vegetables, and their combined consumption was 47.7%, 41.5% and 33.7%, respectively. Daily fruit consumption was associated with females, between 16 and 19 years old and being overweight, and the daily consumption frequency of vegetables was associated with the socioeconomic class C, D and E and the habit of having breakfast. Adolescents had a low daily consumption frequency of fruits and vegetables. However, age and being overweight were associated with higher daily fruit consumption among girls. The higher daily consumption of vegetables was associated with lower income, being overweight and the habit of having breakfast.