title: Nutrition-related habits and associated factors of Brazilian adolescents.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the nutrition-related habits (NRH) of Brazilian adolescents and evaluate the associations with risk factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional school-based was carried out among high school adolescents aged 14-18 years (n = 1,759) from public and private schools from two cities. The NRH were investigated by the weekly consumption of vegetables, fruit, sweet food and fried food. Risk factors investigated were: city, sex, age, socioeconomic status and nutritional status. In statistics, Poisson regression was used with robust variance adjustment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data indicated low consumption of fruits and vegetables, 70.0 and 71.0%, respectively, and high consumption of sweets and fried food, 66.7 and 63%, respectively. Boys showed risk of inadequate intake of vegetables [prevalence ratios (PR) 1.10, 95% CI 1.01-1.16] and fruit (PR 1.09, 95% CI 1.01-1.16). Furthermore, adolescents who live in Maringá had greater likelihood of consuming vegetables and fruit (20 and 25%, respectively). However, they presented risk of inadequate consumption of sweets (PR 1.19, 95% CI 1.11-1.28) for adolescents who live in Presidente Prudente.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We concluded that inadequate NRH show high prevalence among adolescents and indicate the need to employ educational strategies that promote the adoption of more healthy habits and behaviors.
authors: Post-Graduate Program in Science, Children Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Rua: Abadia dos Dourados, n° 307-7, Butantã, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. moraes82@yahoo.com.br
authors: Augusto César Ferreira
authors: AC
authors: de Moraes
authors: Rômulo Araújo
authors: RA
authors: Fernandes
authors: Diego Giulliano Destro
authors: DG
authors: Christofaro
authors: Arli Ramos
authors: AR
authors: de Oliveira
authors: Alika Terumi Arasaki
authors: AT
authors: Nakashima
authors: Felipe Fossati
authors: FF
authors: Reichert
authors: Mário Cícero
authors: MC
authors: Falcão
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population