Risky Behaviors for Non-Communicable Diseases: Italian Adolescents' Food Habits and Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Driving adolescents to more correct food habits and physical activity is crucial to promoting health and avoiding the increase in morbidity and mortality in adulthood. Literature has focused on these behaviors in the adult population, while studies on adolescents are more limited. This study aims to explore the level of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding nutrition and physical activity to acquire insight into adolescents and identify the associated predictors.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among adolescents aged 10 to 19 years from public middle and high schools randomly selected in the Campania Region, Southern Italy. A self-administered questionnaire, including closed and open-ended questions, assessed socio-demographic and health-rela

SUBMITTER: D'Antonio G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11644692 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature