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Dietary patterns among adolescents in the West of Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Annie S. Anderson ,
Sally Macintyre  and
Patrick West
Annie S. Anderson
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, 6 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow GI2 8QQ
Sally Macintyre
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, 6 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow GI2 8QQ
Patrick West
Affiliation:
MRC Medical Sociology Unit, 6 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow GI2 8QQ
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Dietary data from 15-year-old adolescents participating in the West of Scotland Twenty-07 study were examined in order to describe current eating patterns and food habits. Comparison of the data with a ‘healthy eating’ index showed that less than one-third of the sample were eating a diet similar to that promoted by local health education campaigns, Multivariate analysis showed that adolescents from non-manual and wealthier families, non-smokers, and females were more likely to be classified as ‘healthy eaters’. Comparison of the data with that collected from a 35-year-old cohort in the same study showed that significantly fewer 15-year-olds were likely to consume diets associated with long-term health.

Keywords

AdolescenceDietScotland
Type
Dietary patterns of adolescents
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 111 - 122
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1994

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