Secular Trends in Meal and Snack Patterns among Adolescents from 1999 to 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Linkages between snack patterns, diet, and obesity in adolescents likely depend on the consumption of main meals, how often snacks are prepared away from home, and whether energy-dense, nutrient-poor snack foods and sugary drinks are frequently consumed. Nutrition-based interventions need to be informed by an understanding of how secular changes in the contribution of snacks to dietary intake may be related to changes in meal frequency as well as how these trends differ by sociodemographic characteristics.

Objectives

To examine secular trends from 1999 to 2010 in meal and snack patterns among adolescents.

Design

A repeated cross-sectional design was used.

Participants/setting

Participants from Minneapolis/St Paul, MN, secondary schools completed clas

SUBMITTER: Larson N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4733410 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature