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Food intake in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study from 2009/2010 to 2015/2016
Futurum, Region Jönköping County and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Futurum, Region Jönköping County and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Jönköping, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Family Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Futurum, Region Jönköping County and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Department of Nursing Science. Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ. CHILD. Futurum, Region Jönköping County and Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0156-6677
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2021 (English)In: Journal of Nutritional Science, E-ISSN 2048-6790, Vol. 10, article id e51Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The aim was to describe food intake over time in children and adolescents, with respect to age and gender. The present study was a repeated cross-sectional study using self-reported data from a health questionnaire. Data were collected from the School Health Services in south-east Sweden from 44 297 students, 10, 13–14 and 16 years of age, 48 % girls and 52 % boys from 2009/2010 to 2015/2016. Reported intakes for eight foods were analysed in relation to the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations. Seventeen per cent of the students reported an intake in line with the recommendations for at least six of the eight foods fish, vegetables, fruit, mealtime beverages, juice/chocolate drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages, sweets/snacks and pastries. Intake of at least two fruits a day was the recommendation that was followed by the lowest proportion of students (30 %), and this result was stable over the study period. There was a gradual increase over time in the proportion of students who reported an intake in line with the recommendations. Younger students compared to older students, as well as girls compared to boys, reported intakes in line with the recommendations to a statistically significant larger extent. Few students reported intakes in line with the recommendations, although the quality of food intake seems to improve over time. The present results indicate a deterioration in reported food intake in the early years of adolescence. Finding methods to support all children and especially older adolescents to eat healthier, including eating more fruit, is of great importance to public health.

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Cambridge University Press, 2021. Vol. 10, article id e51
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Adolescents, Children, Eating habits, Food intake, Time trend, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, sugar-sweetened beverages
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54104DOI: 10.1017/jns.2021.40ISI: 000673351500001PubMedID: 34367626Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85113899309Local ID: GOA;;54104OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-54104DiVA, id: diva2:1580790
Available from: 2021-07-16 Created: 2021-07-16 Last updated: 2024-04-30Bibliographically approved

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