Going global: Indian adolescents' eating patterns.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe adolescents' eating patterns of traditional, global/non-local and mixed foods, and the factors that may influence food consumption, access and preferences, in a globalizing city.

Design

A representative sample of school-going adolescents completed a cross-sectional survey including an FFQ designed to identify traditional and global foods. Student's t test and ordinal logistic regression were used to examine weekly food intake, including differences between boys and girls and between adolescents attending private and public schools.

Setting

Vijayapura city, Karnataka State, India.

Subjects

Adolescents (n 399) aged 13-16 years.

Results

Compared with dietary guidelines, adolescents consumed fruit, green leafy vegetables, non-green leaf

SUBMITTER: Shaikh NI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271149 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature