Time trends (1995-2008) in dietary habits among adolescents in relation to the Norwegian school fruit scheme: the HUNT study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The importance of healthy eating in adolescence is well established. The present study examined possible effects of the free Norwegian School Fruit Scheme (NSFS), changes in dietary habits between 1995 and 2008, and whether secular changes in dietary habits differed among schools who implemented the NSFS during September 2007.

Method

We used data from the Young-HUNT1 survey conducted from 1995 to 1997 and the Young-HUNT3 survey conducted from 2006 to 2008, which are part of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT), a longitudinal population health study. To evaluate the NSFS, the date Young-HUNT3 participants answered the questionnaire was used to identify affiliation to the intervention group (post-September 2007, n = 1892) or control group (pre-September 2007, n

SUBMITTER: Hovdenak IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6868806 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature