Carine Vereecken1, Trine P Pedersen2, Kristiina Ojala3, Rikke Krølner4, Anna Dzielska5, Namanjeet Ahluwalia6, Mariano Giacchi7, Colette Kelly8. 1. 1 Research Foundation Flanders, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 2. 2 National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. 3. 3 University of Jyväskylä, Department of Health Sciences, Research Centre for Health Promotion, Jyväskylä, Finland. 4. 4 Centre for Intervention Research in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. 5. 5 Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland. 6. 6 Health Scientist, Hyattsville, MD, USA. 7. 7 Research Centre for Health Promotion and Education, Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. 8. 8 Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland colette.kelly@nuigalway.ie.
Abstract
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.
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.
Authors: Jaroslava Voráčová; Erik Sigmund; Dagmar Sigmundová; Michal Kalman Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2015-12-15 Impact factor: 3.390