Comparison of snack characteristics by diet quality findings from a nationally representative study of Australian adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Snacking is a common dietary behaviour among adolescents contributing to more than one quarter of their total energy intake; however, the relationship between snacks and diet quality remains unclear. Hence, this study aimed to examine the characteristics of snacks among adolescents with different levels of diet quality. Dietary data collected from a nationally representative sample of Australian adolescents (12-18 years old, n = 935) using one 24-hour dietary recall in the National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey were analysed. Snacks were defined based on participant-identified eating occasions, and diet quality was assessed using the Dietary Guideline Index for Children and Adolescents (DGI-CA). Marginal means and proportion of snack characteristics including snack frequency, snac

SUBMITTER: Sisay BG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11466951 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature