Cross-sectional associations between lunch-type consumed on a school day and British adolescents' overall diet quality.

ABSTRACT: Diet quality of children consuming school meals tends to be better than that of children consuming packed lunches (from home) or food bought outside school. This study investigates the association between different types of lunch consumed in a school day and diet quality of UK adolescents. A total of 2118 British adolescents were included from the National Diet and Nutrition Survey (Years 1-8; between 2008 and 2016). All participants attended school and were aged 11-18 years with valid 3 or 4-day diary records and the analyses were stratified by age group (11-14 and 15-18 years). The Diet Quality Index for Adolescents (DQI-A) tool consisting of three components; diet quality, diversity and equilibrium, was used to assess adherence to dietary recommendations. Overall DQI-A scores range from

SUBMITTER: Taher AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7334820 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature