[The feeding habits of adolescents from public schools in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil].
The research aimed at learning food habits of adolescents from public schools in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Seven hundred students age ranging from 4 to 19 years-old were interviewed from twelve education institutions by means of a structured form. From the usual food consumed the energetic rice and bread were highlighted, consumed by 95.8% and 85.2% of the adolescents, respectively (p=0.0001). Within constructor food, meat and beans are ingested by 60.6% and 75.0%, respectively (p=0.0001). Regulative food like fruit and vegetables do not have a usual consumption among adolescents, since just (34.3%) and (47.6%) respectively consume them (p=0.0001 and p=0.226). An unbalance in proper nutrient ingestion for the adolescence was stated, favoring overweight and, consequently, chronic diseases like mellitus diabetes.
da Silva
Ana Roberta Vilarouca
AR
Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Fortaleza, CE.
Damasceno
Marta Maria Coelho
MM
Marinho
Niciane Bandeira Pessoa
NB
de Almeida
Lívia Silva
LS
de Araújo
Márcio Flávio Moura
MF
Almeida
Paulo César
PC
de Almeida
Isabela Saraiva
IS
D000293:Adolescent; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017150:Public Sector; D012574:Schools; D055815:Young Adult