Consumo de frutas e vegetais associado a outros comportamentos de risco em adolescentes no Nordeste do Brasil

Abstract

There is a need of public policies aimed at encouraging the consumption of healthy foods among adolescents.

Associations between physical activity, sedentary behavior, and health risk behaviors among adolescents from a city in Southern Brazil

“…Lowry et al 9 indicated that adolescents who engaged in at least 60 minutes of daily MVPA were more likely to eat fruits and vegetables at least 3 times a day. Silva et al 11 found that less active Brazilian boys were more likely to report low fruit and vegetable consumption. Similarly, our results showed that active adolescents had higher consumption of fruits.…”

“…This study found alarmingly low rates of fruit and vegetable consumption (over 70%), and high rates of alcohol (mild: 24.0%; excessive: 15.6%) and tobacco use (6.7%). Many factors influence the adoption of healthy behaviors, but the importance of PA to the adoption of other healthy behaviors has been equivocal, if not contradictory in previous studies [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] . The present study provides new insights into the associations between PA and various health risk behaviors in a sample of adolescents from a metropolitan city in Southern Brazil.…”

“…Sedentary behavior is also a key predictor of health risk behaviors in adolescents 10,11,13,16,17 , but the interaction between PA and SB in the prediction of unhealthy behaviors has not been systematically evaluated. Previous evidence suggests that decreasing the screen time favors the adoption of healthy eating behaviors in adolescents 9 .…”

“…To date, few studies have examined the relationships among various health behaviors and the available evidence is equivocal. Some studies have showed that PA during adolescence is associated with a higher fruit 11,12 and vegetable consumption 11,12 , and lower SB 13 , tobacco 14,15 , and alcohol use 15,16 . Other studies have suggested a positive association between PA and alcohol 10,17 and tobacco use 10 , but these same associations were not supported in other studies 16,17 .…”

“…Other studies have suggested a positive association between PA and alcohol 10,17 and tobacco use 10 , but these same associations were not supported in other studies 16,17 . Higher SB, particularly screen time, has been associated with fruit and vegetable consumption 11,17 , alcohol 10,13,16,17 and tobacco use 10,16,17 in adolescents but interactions with PA have not been examined.…”