Determinants of vegetable intake among urban socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents: a systematic review of quantitative studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the determinants of vegetable intake in urban socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents to inform the development of an intervention programme.

Design

A narrative systematic review was carried out by searching five electronic databases from 2013 to 2020. The descriptors used for the search strategy were vegetable intake, adolescents, determinants and correlates. Inclusion criteria were including a sample of socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents aged 12-18 years, evaluation of the association between vegetable intake and determinants of intake, and conducted in urban settings of high-income countries. Thirteen studies met the inclusion criteria. Identified determinants of vegetable intake were reported according to the five levels of the soc

SUBMITTER: Bel-Serrat S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991624 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature