Grosso Giuseppe, Marventano Stefano, Nolfo Francesca, Rametta Stefania, Bandini Lorenzo, Ferranti Roberta, Bonomo Maria Concetta, Matalone Margherita, Galvano Fabio, Mistretta Antonio
Department of G.F. Ingrassia, Section of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, and Department of Molecular and Clinical Biomedicine, Section of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Department of G.F. Ingrassia, Section of Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2013;83(6):355-66. doi: 10.1024/0300-9831/a000177.
Lifestyle habits and parental modeling have been reported to influence adolescents food choices, such as for fruit and vegetable consumption. The aim of this study was to investigate the association be-tween personal eating (i. e. breakfast and snacking behavior), lifestyle (sedentary and physical activity), and family-related (i. e. consuming meals with parents, family rules, and television use) habits and fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents living in Sicily, southern Italy. A cross-sectional survey was conducted across 14 schools in urban and rural areas, including 1,135 adolescents (12 - 14 years old). Validated instruments were used to assess possible relationships between the study variables and daily fruit and vegetable consumption. Higher parental education, occupation, and rural environment were positively associated with adolescents daily consumption of fruits and vegetables. Both types of food consumption were negatively associated with an increased frequency of between-meal and out-of-home eating, and positively with having meals with parents and higher parental influence in adolescents food choices. Television viewing habits were not related with adolescents vegetable consumption, whereas having a television in their room and commercial advertisings were negatively associated with daily intake of fruits. Although socioeconomic and cultural status may influence fruit and vegetable consumption, personal eating and family-related behaviors may be targeted for implementing recommendations.
据报道，生活方式习惯和父母的行为示范会影响青少年的食物选择，比如水果和蔬菜的消费。本研究的目的是调查意大利南部西西里岛青少年的个人饮食（即早餐和零食行为）、生活方式（久坐和体育活动）以及与家庭相关的习惯（即与父母一起用餐、家庭规则和看电视习惯）与水果和蔬菜消费之间的关联。对城乡14所学校的1135名青少年（12 - 14岁）进行了横断面调查。使用经过验证的工具来评估研究变量与每日水果和蔬菜消费之间的可能关系。较高的父母教育程度、职业和农村环境与青少年每日水果和蔬菜消费呈正相关。这两种食物消费与餐间和外出就餐频率增加呈负相关，与与父母一起用餐以及父母对青少年食物选择的较高影响力呈正相关。看电视习惯与青少年的蔬菜消费无关，而房间里有电视和商业广告与每日水果摄入量呈负相关。尽管社会经济和文化地位可能会影响水果和蔬菜的消费，但个人饮食和与家庭相关的行为可能是实施建议的目标。
