Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents
Abstract Objective: To investigate the association between eating habits and weight status in adolescents in Finland. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) study is a cohort study conducted in adolescents attending third to sixth grade in 496 schools in forty-...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s1368980019001447 2024-09-15T18:25:39+00:00 Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents Viljakainen, Jannina Figueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Viljakainen, Heli Roos, Eva Weiderpass, Elisabete Rounge, Trine B 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1368980019001447 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S1368980019001447 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Public Health Nutrition volume 22, issue 14, page 2617-2624 ISSN 1368-9800 1475-2727 journal-article 2019 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980019001447 2024-07-24T04:03:54Z Abstract Objective: To investigate the association between eating habits and weight status in adolescents in Finland. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) study is a cohort study conducted in adolescents attending third to sixth grade in 496 schools in forty-four municipalities in Southern, Middle and Northern Finland in 2011–2014. Participants: Analyses included 10 569 adolescents from the Fin-HIT study aged 9–14 years (5005 boys and 5564 girls). Adolescents were categorized by their eating habits: healthy eaters (44·1 %; n 4661), unhealthy eaters (12·3 %; n 1298), and fruit and vegetable avoiders (43·6 %; n 4610); and they were grouped into weight status: underweight (11·1 %), normal weight (73·6 %) and excess weight (15·3 %). Results: We found an increased risk of underweight in fruit and vegetable avoiders (OR = 1·28; 95 % CI 1·12, 1·46). An irregular breakfast pattern showed an inverse association with underweight (OR = 0·70; 95 % CI 0·59, 0·84) and an increased risk of excess weight (OR = 1·56; 95 % CI 1·37, 1·77) compared with a regular breakfast pattern. An irregular dinner pattern was inversely associated with underweight (OR = 0·83; 95 % CI 0·69, 0·99) compared with a regular dinner pattern. Conclusions: Avoiding fruits and vegetables and following irregular breakfast and dinner patterns were associated with underweight and excess weight in adolescents. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Cambridge University Press Public Health Nutrition 22 14 2617 2624 |
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Abstract Objective: To investigate the association between eating habits and weight status in adolescents in Finland. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) study is a cohort study conducted in adolescents attending third to sixth grade in 496 schools in forty-four municipalities in Southern, Middle and Northern Finland in 2011–2014. Participants: Analyses included 10 569 adolescents from the Fin-HIT study aged 9–14 years (5005 boys and 5564 girls). Adolescents were categorized by their eating habits: healthy eaters (44·1 %; n 4661), unhealthy eaters (12·3 %; n 1298), and fruit and vegetable avoiders (43·6 %; n 4610); and they were grouped into weight status: underweight (11·1 %), normal weight (73·6 %) and excess weight (15·3 %). Results: We found an increased risk of underweight in fruit and vegetable avoiders (OR = 1·28; 95 % CI 1·12, 1·46). An irregular breakfast pattern showed an inverse association with underweight (OR = 0·70; 95 % CI 0·59, 0·84) and an increased risk of excess weight (OR = 1·56; 95 % CI 1·37, 1·77) compared with a regular breakfast pattern. An irregular dinner pattern was inversely associated with underweight (OR = 0·83; 95 % CI 0·69, 0·99) compared with a regular dinner pattern. Conclusions: Avoiding fruits and vegetables and following irregular breakfast and dinner patterns were associated with underweight and excess weight in adolescents. |
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Viljakainen, Jannina Figueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Viljakainen, Heli Roos, Eva Weiderpass, Elisabete Rounge, Trine B Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents |
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Viljakainen, Jannina Figueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Viljakainen, Heli Roos, Eva Weiderpass, Elisabete Rounge, Trine B |
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Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents |
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Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents |
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Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents |
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Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents |
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