“…Girls are more likely to report healthier food choices, more fruits and vegetables and less high-fat content foods, such as potato crisps and chips, hamburgers, cakes, and pastries (Andersen et al, 1995;Inchley et al, 2001;Paulus et al, 2001). This may be attributed to the increased nutrition knowledge observed in women (Pirouznia, 2001), but most likely to the weight concerns of young females and their involvement in slimming diets, which make them more willing to choose low-fat foods such as fruits and vegetables. However, girls are also known to have lower intakes of essential nutrients and minerals, especially iron and calcium (Rolland-Cachera et al, 2000;Lytle et al, 2002;Suitor and Cleason, 2002), since they consume fewer servings of meat, dairy, and cereal products.…”