title: [The feeding habits of adolescents from public schools in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Fortaleza, CE.
authors.forename: Ana Roberta Vilarouca
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Marta Maria Coelho
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.forename: Niciane Bandeira Pessoa
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Marinho
authors.forename: Lívia Silva
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Márcio Flávio Moura
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.forename: Paulo César
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Isabela Saraiva
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: de Almeida
mesh_terms: 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