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Personal, social and environmental predictors of daily fruit and vegetable inta...
De Bourdeaudhuij, I; Velde, ST; Brug, J; Due, P; Wind, M; Sandvik, C; Maes, L; Wolf, A; Perez Rodrigo, CP; Yngve, A; Thorsdottir, I; Rasmussen, MObjective: To investigate potential personal, social and physical environmental predictors of daily fruit intake and daily vegetable intake in 11-year-old boys and girls in nine European countries. Subjects: The total sample size was 13 305 (90.4% participation rate). Results: Overall, 43.2% of the children reported to eat fruit every day, 46.1% reported to eat vegetables every day. Daily fruit intake and daily...
Fruit and vegetable intake in a sample of 11-year-old children in 9 European co...
Yngve, A; Wolf, A; Poortvliet, E; Elmadfa, I; Brug, J; Ehrenblad, B; Franchini, Bela; Haraldsdottir, J; Krolner, R; Maes, L; Perez Rodrigo, CBackground/Aims: An adequate fruit and vegetable intake provides essential nutrients and nutritive compounds and is considered an important part of a healthy lifestyle. No simple instrument has been available for the assessment of fruit and vegetable intake as well as its determinants in school-aged children applicable in different European countries. Within the Pro Children Project, such an instrument has been...