Eating habits reported by secondary school students in a city of west Turkey

Erenoglu, Nazan; Ayrancı, Unal; Son, Osman

doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2005.11.009

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“…While in Lee and Yuen Loke's reports 55% of girls had eliminated breakfast[14] and in Erenglu's research only 49% of the subjects studied had breakfast. [15] A possible reason as to why in our research there are gender differences in eating breakfast can be the season the samples were selected. Since at the time of filling the questionnaires, the male high school students of Izeh city had afternoon classes while the females had morning classes, they probably had more time to eat breakfast alongside their families compared to the females.…”

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An assessment of the role of perceived benefits, barriers and self-efficacy in predicting dietary behavior in male and female high school students in the city of Izeh, Iran

Salahshoori

Sharifirad

Hassanzadeh

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J Edu Health Promot

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Introduction:Paying attention to improving the nutritional status of adolescents can be one of the most effective fundamental measures for preventing chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases in later life. Identifying the predicting elements in different behaviors is one of the most effective ways that can be considered in prevention programs in different communities, particularly in developing countries. The purpose of was to determine the perceived efficacy, benefits and barriers related to a healthy nutrition pattern and the relation of these variables with a healthy diet in male and female high school students in Izeh city.Materials and Methods:In this cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study conducted throughout high schools in Izeh City, the subjects were 500 students (300 girls and 200 boys) from the 1390-91 school years who were selected through the multistage random sampling method; the acquired data was then studied and analyzed. The data for this study was gathered through a multi-sectional questionnaire (that included demographic characteristics, self-efficacy, perceived benefits and barriers). The Independent t-test, Spearman's Correlation, Pearson's Correlation Coefficient and Linear Regression were used to interpret and analyze the data.Results:Data analysis showed that the mean age of male participants was 15.67 ± 0.95 years and females 15.86 ± 1.16 years. The mean score for healthy eating patterns in male students was 46.83 ± 14.86 and in female students 44.20 ± 14.16 respectively. The mean score for perceived benefits of healthy eating in girls was significantly higher than that in boys. There was a direct meaningful relationship between the mean score of benefits and perceived self-efficacy with the healthy eating behaviors in the two sexes, (P < 0.001). The results of the multiple linear regression analysis revealed that the most important predictive factors in the students’ healthy eating behavior are self-efficacy and perceived benefits respectively and that perceived barriers is not an influencing predictor in healthy eating patterns.Conclusion:The results of this study showed that many factors influence students’ diet pattern and undeniably the role of these factors are not alike in the two sexes. The results also showed that perceived self-efficacy and benefits of healthy nutrition strengthens healthy eating behavior in students and thus these factors should be considered by health authorities in the country in any future programming.

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An assessment of the role of perceived benefits, barriers and self-efficacy in predicting dietary behavior in male and female high school students in the city of Izeh, Iran

Salahshoori

Sharifirad

Hassanzadeh

et al. 2014

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“…Nowadays, in Turkey adolescents in particular are heavily influenced by the eating habits and health behavior of western societies, reflected for instance in the skipping of breakfast and frequent snacking of highly processed packaged foods [22]. Despite an international reputation for an elaborate cuisine, with regular and structured meals, this traditional eating pattern is declining over time due to changing lifestyles and more complex logistics.…”

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“…Of note, the estimated low overweight and obesity prevalence in Turkish adolescents is concurrent with a weight-control behavior among girls demonstrating dieting and exercise behavior consistent to a desire to be thinner [22]. Irregular eating patterns, desire to be thin and concerns for weight gain, have all been reported in various regional studies.…”

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“…Gender did not differentiate eating attitude in many items of the eating and drinking questionnaire used in the study, although girls obtained higher scores for healthy habits in 18 out of 29 items and had significantly higher scores only for whole-wheat bread preference and weight-control behaviors such as increasing exercising or reducing food consumption to prevent weight gain. Most of the students reported eating meals together with their family (83.0%), having breakfast (77.9%), consuming daily meat, milk, or eggs (70.2%) and at least one portion of vegetables, fruit or salad (68.2%), not adding salt without tasting meals first (71.9%), and finishing the food presented on their plate (54.4%) [22].…”

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“…The recent dietary habits and nutrition status of adolescent populations in Turkey have been assessed by several regional studies conducted over the last decade (Table 1) [17,[22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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Malnutrition and Cardiometabolic Risk among Turkish Adolescents: a Public Health Concern during Epidemiological Transition

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2014

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a chronic disease prevalent both in developing and developed countries. Numerous CVD risk factors associated with nutritional behavior and status in children and adolescents set the stage for adult CVD. A significant body of evidence suggests that there is opportunity for abolishment of at least some of the adverse manifestations of CVD and ability for health improvement if proper nutritional practice is followed during young age. Turkey is a country with a large overall population of which a significant part is children and adolescents. Moreover, Turkey is in epidemiological transition exhibiting health and nutritional issues of both the developing and the developed world, with more than half of all deaths in Turkey related to CVD. Furthermore, Turkey is a country of significant and unusual diversity in terms of geography, socio-economic status and origin among others. However, there are not many studies assessing the cardiometabolic risk in adolescent and the ones that assess a few risk factors of CVD are localized in certain areas. In this work we gather, organize and compare the results of several studies on the topic and reach certain conclusions as per the current condition of adolescents in Turkey in regards to malnutrition and cardiometabolic risk.

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Eating habits reported by secondary school students in a city of west Turkey

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An assessment of the role of perceived benefits, barriers and self-efficacy in predicting dietary behavior in male and female high school students in the city of Izeh, Iran

An assessment of the role of perceived benefits, barriers and self-efficacy in predicting dietary behavior in male and female high school students in the city of Izeh, Iran

Malnutrition and Cardiometabolic Risk among Turkish Adolescents: a Public Health Concern during Epidemiological Transition

Eating habits, lifestyle factors, and body weight status among Turkish private educational institution students

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