Snack Foods: Comparing Nutrition Values of Excellent Choices and “Junk Foods”

Anderson, James W.; Patterson, Katy

doi:10.1080/07315724.2005.10719458

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“…1 Children and junk food have a strange affinity to each other and this addiction is made obvious by the percentage of children fond of it. Nearly 50% of children had a daily consumption of junk food without realising the ill effects of it on their health.…”

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confidence: 99%

Are we Aware of what we are, we are what we Eat—An Epidemiological Survey

Kaur¹,

Hegde²

2008

International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

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The lure of convenience in addition to good taste gets people to junk food addiction. With the advent of television even in the remotest areas people have become more aware of the fast food items available. Children watch television where fast food continues to dominate the food advertisements viewed by children. The easily available fast food in and around school campus and with little knowledge of the far reaching effects of these food items consumed, children fall an easy prey to junk food. Children are unaware of the food they eat and the effects it has on their growth and development. This survey reflects the large percentageof children who surrender to the temptation junk food consumption with little knowledge of its far sighted effects on their health.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are we Aware of what we are, we are what we Eat—An Epidemiological Survey

Kaur¹,

Hegde²

2008

International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

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“…The daily intake for each food group (fruit and vegetables; milk and yoghurt) was calculated by summing up the frequency of consumption of fruit plus vegetables or milk plus yoghurt. In the same way, the consumption (servings/d) of snack foods rich in fat and/or added sugars, such as crisps or chocolate bars (defined as 'junk snack foods' (28) ), was also assessed. Participants were classified as meeting each dietary recommendation when they consumed: breakfast on $6 d/week, $5 servings of fruit and vegetables/d and $3 servings of milk/yoghurt daily (9,12,13) .…”

Section: Dietary Intakementioning

confidence: 99%

Healthy behaviours and abdominal adiposity in adolescents from southern Italy

Idelson

Scalfi

Vaino

et al. 2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of meeting health recommendations on diet and physical activity (having breakfast, eating fruit and vegetables, consumption of milk/yoghurt, performing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, limiting television watching) and to assess junk snack food consumption in adolescents from southern Italy. The association between healthy behaviours and abdominal adiposity was also examined. Design: In a cross-sectional protocol, anthropometric data were measured by trained operators while other data were collected through a structured interview. Setting: Three high schools in Naples, Italy. Subjects: A sample of 478 students, aged 14-17 years, was studied. Results: The proportion of adolescents who met each of the health recommendations varied: 55?4 % had breakfast on $6 d/week; 2?9 % ate $5 servings of fruit and vegetables/d; 1?9 % had $3 servings of milk/yoghurt daily; 13?6 % performed moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for $60 min/d; and 46?3 % watched television for ,2 h/d. More than 65 % of adolescents consumed $1 serving of junk snack foods/d. Only 5 % fulfilled at least three recommendations. Healthy habits tended to correlate with each other. As the number of health recommendations met decreased, the percentage of adolescents with high abdominal adiposity (waist-to-height ratio $0?5) increased. The trend was not significant when the proportion of overweight/obese adolescents was considered. Logistic regression analysis indicated that male gender and watching television for $2 h/d were independently associated with a higher waist-to-height ratio. Conclusions: Most adolescents failed to meet the five health recommendations considered. Male gender and excessive television watching were associated with abdominal adiposity.

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“…In addition, all patients were recruited at Okayama University, which may have limited the ability to generalize our findings to the general population. Furthermore, evaluations of the validation and test–retest reliability of the questionnaire used in this study are needed, although the validation or reliability was already supported by previous studies 11‐18 …”

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confidence: 83%

“…A questionnaire was developed for this study and included sex, age, eating habits, oral health behavior, and exercise status. With regard to eating habits, answers were given by patients in a yes or no form concerning the follows items: 1) an irregular dietary pattern, 11 2) skipping breakfast, 12 3) eating until full, 13 4) frequent consumption of fatty foods, 14 5) frequent consumption of vegetables, 15 6) frequent consumption of junk food, 16 7) frequent consumption of sweet foods such as cakes and biscuits, and 8) frequent consumption of soft drinks 17 . The frequency of toothbrushing per day, 18 use of an interdental brush or floss (yes or no), 18 dental visits (regular or irregular), 18 and regular exercise (yes or no) 12,17 were also questioned.…”

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confidence: 99%