... into inadequate dietary diversity if the study subject ate (<4 food groups) and adequate if (≥4 food groups) (FAO, 2010). © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Health education Food Nutrition Adolescents Young people Adolescence...

... important in their diet. These results are in agreement with the findings of Nowak et al. (1996), in which more girls wanted to lose weight than boys. This could be explained by the fact that at this age, young people attribute considerable importance to their appearance due to their enthusiasm...

... their health and learning capacity” (Tompkins, 1998) “Healthy children learn things more easily” (Moore, 1999) and “Knowledge and skills stay with us for life” (Smith, 2000). Good food not only brings satisfaction and pleasure, but it also has an impact on cognitive ability in young people and hence...

...Mabel Blades This article provides a brief overview of what young people eat. Their likes and dislikes are mentioned together with their eating habits. The role of the Local Authority Caterers’ Association (LACA) in the provision of school meals is discussed as well as the findings...

... Children Young people Greece Many changes in the dietary habits of the younger generations have been observed in Greece over the past few decades (Aravanis, 1983; Kafatos et al., 1997). The young population has moved progressively away from the traditional diet and has adopted a more...

.... © MCB UP Limited 2001 Nutrition Diet Consumer behaviour Children Young people A typical food intake for many adolescents consists of pizza, fries, popcorn, potato chips, candies etc. During adolescence, the energy and nutrient intakes needed to sustain the physical changes vary...

... and instead establish more nutritionally balanced food behaviour from an early age. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Young people Food Consumer behaviour Nutrition Health education Adolescent health education is an area of great concern, particularly as this development stage represents...

...Jennifer Warwick; Heather McIlveen; Christopher Strugnell Few studies have concentrated on the food choices of young people and the potential influences, yet the food choices established in these early years can determine the diet and quality of health in later life. This study investigates...

... and similarities in results as well as advantages and disadvantages of both methods are discussed. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Consumer behaviour Food Young people Adolescents present a fascinating subject for the study of behaviour, as they are representative of the population in many aspects...

... and presents some preliminary analysis of data obtained from a survey of some 200 11‐18 year‐olds. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Food Television Young people There has been a lot of discussion recently in British health education about effectiveness. The Health Education Authority, for example...

.... © Company 1996 Ethnic groups Food Illness United Kingdom Women Young people It has been claimed that anorexia nervosa is limited to patients of white racial origin[ 1 ] and that disordered eating among non‐white populations who value larger body shapes is due to greater...

... Women Young people The dietary assessment of all nutrients requires the judgement of what is “too little” and what is “too much”. This truism poses particular difficulties for iron: why is it that iron is considered by nutritionists to be both friend and foe? To consider the data behind iron...

... National cultures Questionnaires Religion United Kingdom Young people Interviewees were selected on the basis of ethnicity, sex and age. Asian candidates were selected according to general categories of diet formulated qualitatively as traditional, mixed, Western and traditional,and Western diet...

... before symptoms appear, are also significant to young people, as their dietary patterns over the years can influence the onset of these diseases. Argues that research on the diet of the young cannot exclude the psychological and cultural factors involved in the motives behind food choice decision‐making...