Urbanization influences dietary habits of Cypriot children: the CYKIDS study

Lazarou, Chrystalleni; Kalavana, Theano

doi:10.1007/s00038-009-8054-0

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“…28 Many of the above-mentioned studies on the Mediterranean diet in children described the cross-sectional association with health outcomes such as asthma 41 or overweight. 42 Most were set up in a Mediterranean country such as Greece, [42][43][44] Cyprus, 45,46 Spain 47,48 and Turkey. 49 A few studies were based on children living in a non-Mediterranean country like UK 22 and Mexico.…”

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Adherence to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern in children from eight European countries. The IDEFICS study

et al. 2014

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on behalf of the IDEFICS consortium BACKGROUND: Despite documented benefits of a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern, there is a lack of knowledge about how children from different European countries compare with each other in relation to the adherence to this pattern. In response to this need, we calculated the Mediterranean diet score (MDS) in 2-9-year-old children from the Identification and prevention of dietary-and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants (IDEFICS) eight-country study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Using 24 h dietary recall data obtained during the IDEFICS study (n = 7940), an MDS score was calculated based on the age-and sex-specific population median intakes of six food groups (vegetables and legumes, fruit and nuts, cereal grains and potatoes, meat products and dairy products) and the ratio of unsaturated to saturated fats. For fish and seafood, which was consumed by 10% of the population, one point was given to consumers. The percentages of children with high MDS levels (43) were calculated and stratified by sex, age and by having at least one migrant parent or both native parents. Demographic (sex and age) and socioeconomic characteristics (parental education and income) of children showing high (43) vs low (⩽3) MDS levels were examined. RESULTS: The highest prevalence of children with MDS 43 was found among the Italian pre-school boys (55.9%) and the lowest among the Spanish school-aged girls (26.0%). Higher adherence to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern was not associated with living in a Mediterranean country or in a highly educated or high-income family, although with some exceptions. Differences in adherence between boys and girls or age groups varied between countries without any general pattern. CONCLUSIONS: With the exception of Italian pre-schoolers, similar adherence levels to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern have been observed among European children.

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Adherence to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern in children from eight European countries. The IDEFICS study

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“…Our data indicated a low to moderate adherence to the Mediterranean diet, a finding that is in line with previous data from Greece and other Mediterranean countries. [6][7][8]20,21 It follows that teenagers, despite being generally well informed about healthy eating, do not often translate this knowledge into their daily lives. Other studies have also shown that nutrition label reading and food education do not translate into healthier diet in adolescents.…”

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Eating habits and factors affecting food choice of adolescents living in rural areas

Bargiota¹,

Pelekanou²,

Tsitouras³

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ObJEcTIVE: To establish factors that affect food choices among adolescents living in rural areas and to identify their food choices. DEsIGN: A random sample of adolescents living in a Greek rural area (n=382) aged 12-18 years were individually interviewed. Food consumption was assessed by a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire and adherence to the Mediterranean diet was evaluated using the KIDMED questionnaire. Information was collected regarding self-perceived body size, dieting, dietary knowledge, parental control, meal and snack frequency, eating out of home, eating takeaways and precooked meals, eating from the school canteen. rEsULTs: body image concerns, dieting, education about food, parental control, maternal education level and eating with family and peers are factors that were found to affect food choices in this group of Greek adolescents. The adherence to the Mediterranean diet was low (KIDMED index was 4.5±2.7). Regular family meals at home were frequent in this group and 99% of the adolescents ate lunch daily at home. Eating out with peers and eating from the school canteen was related with higher consumption of 'junk type of food'. Girls and younger adolescents and those whose mothers had a higher education level seem to make healthier choices. cONcLUsIONs: Factors such as personal issues, family and peer pressure significantly affect food choices among adolescents living in a Greek rural area and highlight the importance of implementing multilevel strategies to promote healthy eating among adolescents.

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“…Nesse cenário, destaca-se o hábito de assistir à televisão ou o uso de jogos eletrônicos pela população, que por sua vez, não só inibe a realização de atividades físicas como também expõe o indivíduo a um volume cada vez maior de publicidade de alimentos 6,7,8 . No Brasil, quase toda população (99%) possui ao menos um aparelho de televisão em casa (Instituto Brasileiro de Opinião Pública e Estatística.…”

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Análise da publicidade televisiva de alimentos no contexto das recomendações do Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira

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Urbanization influences dietary habits of Cypriot children: the CYKIDS study

Abstract: The minor differences relating the dietary patterns to the place of residence reflect the changes in eating habits and the abandonment of the traditional Mediterranean diet, which may be attributed to the nutrition transition and urbanization phenomena.

Cited by 43 publications

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Adherence to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern in children from eight European countries. The IDEFICS study

Adherence to a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern in children from eight European countries. The IDEFICS study

Eating habits and factors affecting food choice of adolescents living in rural areas

Análise da publicidade televisiva de alimentos no contexto das recomendações do Guia Alimentar para a População Brasileira

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