Adolescents' attitudes, preferences and perceived behaviours regarding healthy eating and whole grains from a gender and health interest perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A healthy diet is important not only for the growth and development of the human body but also for the prevention of chronic diseases. However, most Swedish adolescents do not follow dietary recommendations, especially the intake of whole grain is very low. To create targeted conditions for healthy food choices amongst adolescents, comprehensive knowledge of factors related to adolescents' unhealthy and healthy eating is needed.

Objective

To investigate adolescents' attitudes, preferences and perceived behaviours regarding healthy eating, with a specific focus on whole grains and to evaluate differences between genders and between adolescents with higher versus lower health interest.

Design

A total of 1,178 Swedish adolescents responded to a questionnaire a

SUBMITTER: Calven A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10158873 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature