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Adolescent Dietary Patterns Are Associated With Lifestyle Family Psycho-Social Factors, Gina L. Ambrosini, Wendy H. Oddy, Monique Robinson, Therese A. O'Sullivan, Beth P. Hands, Nick H. De Klerk, Sven Silburn, Stephen R. Zubrick, Garth E. Kendall, Fiona Stanley, Lawrence Beilin
Adolescent Dietary Patterns Are Associated With Lifestyle Family Psycho-Social Factors, Gina L. Ambrosini, Wendy H. Oddy, Monique Robinson, Therese A. O'Sullivan, Beth P. Hands, Nick H. De Klerk, Sven Silburn, Stephen R. Zubrick, Garth E. Kendall, Fiona Stanley, Lawrence Beilin
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Background/ Objectives: Dietary intake during adolescence contributes to lifelong eating habits and the development of early risk factors for disease in adulthood. Few studies have examined the dietary patterns of adolescents and the social and environmental factors that may affect them during this life stage. The present study describes dietary patterns in a cohort of adolescents and examines their associations with socioeconomic factors, as well as parental and adolescent risk factor behaviours.
Design: A semi quantitative FFQ was used to assess study adolescents’ usual dietary intake over the previous year. Information was collected on family functioning and various socio economic …