Fruit and vegetable consumption trends among adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 33 countries

Carine Vereecken; Trine P. Pedersen; Kristiina Ojala; Rikke Krølner; Anna Dzielska; Namanjeet Ahluwalia; Mariano Giacchi; Colette Kelly

doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckv012

Fruit and vegetable consumption trends among adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 33 countries

Carine Vereecken
, Trine P. Pedersen
, Kristiina Ojala
, Rikke Krølner
, Anna Dzielska
, Namanjeet Ahluwalia
, Mariano Giacchi
, Colette Kelly

Health Promotion

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16-19
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Journal of Public Health
Volume	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv012
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2015

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