Fruit, vegetable, and fat intake among non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white adolescents: associations with home availability and food consumption settings
| Autor: | Won S. Choi, Laurie L. Hornberger, Jasjit S. Ahluwalia, Christie A. Befort, Debra K. Sullivan, Harsohena Kaur, Niaman Nazir, Nicole L. Nollen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Male Parents Adolescent Cross-sectional study Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena Food consumption Ethnic group Diet Surveys Statistics Nonparametric White People Food Supply Predictive Value of Tests Environmental health Vegetables Medicine Humans Child Nutrition and Dietetics White (horse) business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology Regression analysis Stepwise regression Dietary Fats United States Black or African American Cross-Sectional Studies Fruit Regression Analysis Female Television business Negroid Food Science Adolescent health |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 106(3) |
| ISSN: | 0002-8223 |
| Popis: | Objective This study sought to explore home food availability and common settings of food consumption as correlates of fruit, vegetable, and fat intake among a sample of non-Hispanic black and non-Hispanic white adolescents. Participants and Design Adolescents (n=144 black, 84 white) and their parents completed a cross-sectional survey in an urban adolescent health clinic. The adolescent survey included screening measures for fruit, vegetable, and fat intake and items on frequency of eating meals with family, while watching television, and at three types of restaurants. Parents provided information on home availability of foods. Main Outcomes Correlates of fruit, vegetable, and fat consumption. Statistical Analysis Spearman correlations for associations among variables, t tests for mean comparisons, and multiple stepwise regression conducted separately for black and white adolescents. Results In multiple regression, home availability was not significantly associated with fruit, vegetable, or fat intake except for fruit intake among white adolescents only. Use of non–fast-food restaurants was the strongest positive predictor of vegetable intake. For both black and white adolescents, fast-food and buffet restaurant use and eating while watching television were the strongest predictors of fat intake. Conclusions Compared with restaurant use and eating while watching television, home availability had a relatively small impact on fruit, vegetable, and fat consumption for both black and white adolescents. Intervention programs on adolescent nutrition should target not just availability of healthful foods, but also ease of access, such as the preparation of fruits and vegetables so that they are flavorful and ready to eat. |
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