Food Preparation and Purchasing Roles among Adolescents: Associations with Sociodemographic Characteristics and Diet Quality

To describe adolescent involvement in preparing and shopping for food and examine if extent of involvement is related to diet quality. Cross-sectional study design. Past week frequency of involvement in preparing and shopping for food was self-reported on the Project EAT (Eating Among Teens) survey....

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Published in:Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2006-02, Vol.106 (2), p.211-218
Main Authors: Larson, Nicole I., Story, Mary, Eisenberg, Marla E., Neumark-Sztainer, Dianne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
adolescent nutrition
Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
adolescents
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Body Weight
Carbonated Beverages - statistics & numerical data
Child
Commerce
Cooking
Cooking - methods
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet
Diet - standards
Diet Surveys
Dietary Fats - administration & dosage
eating habits
Female
food choices
food frequency questionnaires
Food Handling - methods
Fruit
groceries
health promotion
home food preparation
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Meals
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
nutritional adequacy
Participation
Polls & surveys
Sex Distribution
Shopping
sociodemographic characteristics
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
Vegetables
Women, Working
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Summary:To describe adolescent involvement in preparing and shopping for food and examine if extent of involvement is related to diet quality. Cross-sectional study design. Past week frequency of involvement in preparing and shopping for food was self-reported on the Project EAT (Eating Among Teens) survey. Dietary intake was assessed using the Youth/Adolescent Food Frequency Questionnaire. Middle school and high school students from Minneapolis/St Paul, MN, public schools. Associations between involvement and sociodemographic characteristics were examined using cross tabulations. General linear modeling was used to compare dietary intakes of adolescents across different levels of involvement in preparing and shopping for food. The majority of adolescents reported helping prepare dinner (68.6%) and nearly half reported shopping for groceries (49.8%) at least once during the past week. Greater involvement in these food tasks was related to sex (female), grade level (middle school), race (Asian American), socioeconomic status (low), family meal frequency (high), and weight status (overweight). Frequency of preparing food was related to lower intakes of fat ( P
ISSN:0002-8223
2212-2672
1878-3570
2212-2680
DOI:10.1016/j.jada.2005.10.029