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Food habits in Swedish adolescents in relation to socioeconomic conditions

Höglund, D, Samuelson, G, Mark, A·1998·European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Objective To describe the food habits of Swedish adolescents 14-15 y of age. To analyse the connection between food habits and socioeconomic circumstances and background factors.Design Cross-sectional survey using a Food Frequency Questionnaire including questions on meal patterns.Setting The city of Göteborg and the County of Alvsborg, Sweden 1996.Subjects Pupils in the 8th grade in all schools in the city of Göteborg and the County of Alvsborg were in February 1996 invited to participate. The study comprised 7605 pupils. The drop-out rate was 14.4% (n = 1280).Results The adolescents had an infrequent consumption of vegetables and fruits and they had a daily consumption of sweets. Cereals, dairy products and snacks: buns, wafers, soft drinks, ice cream and potato crisps were consumed more than once a day. Thirty percent of the girls and 20% of the boys did not eat breakfast every day. The free school lunch was eaten daily by 50% of the boys and 30% of the girls, the remainder ate some type of snack. A negative correlation was found between smoking and the frequency of vegetable consumption. Pupils from areas with high socioeconomic status more often ate breakfast and lunch and the boys more often ate dinner compared to adolescents from areas with low socioeconomic status.Conclusions An irregular meal pattern as well as snack consumption and smoking were common, especially among girls in areas with low socioeconomic status.

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Authors
Höglund, D., Samuelson, G., & Mark, A.
Affiliations
Uppsala University (SE)
Venue
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Published
1998-11-01
Volume
52
Issue
11
Pages
784-789
ISSN
  • 0954-3007 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5640
OpenAlex
W2016625823
Cited by
111
References
2
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FWCI
0.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
Keywords
socioeconomic status, meal patterns, snacking, fruit and vegetable intake, breakfast skipping, free school meals, smoking, sex differences, dietary intake, Swedish adolescents
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Feeding Behavior, Female, Humans, Life Style, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Regression Analysis, Sex Characteristics, Smoking, Socioeconomic Factors, Sweden, Body Mass Index, Logistic Models

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