Trends of Dietary Habits in Adolescents

Lifestyle plays an important role in the development of obesity during childhood and adolescence. We provide up-to-date information about the relationship between obesity and food intake and dietary patterns in adolescents. Scientific evidence is increasing about the dietary factors associated with...

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Published in:Critical reviews in food science and nutrition 2010-02, Vol.50 (2), p.106-112
Main Authors: Moreno, Luis A, Rodriguez, Gerardo, Fleta, Jesus, Bueno-Lozano, Manuel, Lazaro, Aurora, Bueno, Gloria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
adolescent nutrition
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology
Adolescents
Beverages
Biological and medical sciences
breakfast
Child development
Diet
Diet - trends
Dietary Carbohydrates - administration & dosage
Dietary patterns
eating habits
Energy Intake
Epidemics
epidemiology
Family
Feeding Behavior - physiology
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
food choices
Food industries
food intake
Foods
Fruit
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Habits
Health behavior
health status
Humans
lifestyle
literature reviews
Male
Nutrition
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - prevention & control
Public health
Restaurants
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Teenagers
Trends
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Summary:Lifestyle plays an important role in the development of obesity during childhood and adolescence. We provide up-to-date information about the relationship between obesity and food intake and dietary patterns in adolescents. Scientific evidence is increasing about the dietary factors associated with this relationship, specifically a low meal frequency, skipping breakfast, and a high consumption of sugar sweetened beverages. Maybe some of the reviewed dietary factors could cluster in the same population of adolescents, increasing the individual risk. There is little information about dietary patterns and current time trends in adolescents; however, the available data seem to show that the tendency in the adolescent population worldwide is to increase those dietary factors related with obesity development. Public health efforts should be emphasized in order to decrease the current tendency. Regular family meals could serve as role models for healthy eating behaviors. Educational intervention programs for parents, aiming to modify the healthfulness of the diet, seems to be one of the most adequate tools to deal with the worldwide obesity epidemic.
ISSN:1040-8398
1549-7852
DOI:10.1080/10408390903467480