OBJECTIVES: UK guidelines for youth recommend daily physical activity and five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. This study examined the prevalence and clustering of meeting recommendations among 10- to 15-year old. METHODS: Data for 3,914 youth, from the first wave of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study, were analysed. Clustering was assessed using the observed/expected ratio method. RESULTS: A minority of youth met both recommendations, and these behaviours were clustered. The odds of meeting both recommendations were lower for older youth and for Pakistani and Bangladeshi youth; boys in lower income households were less likely to meet both recommendations. CONCLUSIONS: Most youth met neither recommendation and the behaviours clustered with variations by ethnicity and socioeconomic conditions.
OBJECTIVES: UK guidelines for youth recommend daily physical activity and five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. This study examined the prevalence and clustering of meeting recommendations among 10- to 15-year old. METHODS: Data for 3,914 youth, from the first wave of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study, were analysed. Clustering was assessed using the observed/expected ratio method. RESULTS: A minority of youth met both recommendations, and these behaviours were clustered. The odds of meeting both recommendations were lower for older youth and for Pakistani and Bangladeshi youth; boys in lower income households were less likely to meet both recommendations. CONCLUSIONS: Most youth met neither recommendation and the behaviours clustered with variations by ethnicity and socioeconomic conditions.
Authors: I Janssen; P T Katzmarzyk; W F Boyce; C Vereecken; C Mulvihill; C Roberts; C Currie; W Pickett Journal: Obes Rev Date: 2005-05 Impact factor: 9.213
Authors: Louise L Hardy; Anne Grunseit; Amina Khambalia; Colin Bell; Luke Wolfenden; Andrew J Milat Journal: J Adolesc Health Date: 2012-03-03 Impact factor: 5.012