title: Fruit and vegetable consumption trends among adolescents from 2002 to 2010 in 33 countries.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Fruit and vegetable consumption is linked to many positive health outcomes, nevertheless many adolescents do not consume fruit and vegetables on a daily basis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 488,951 adolescents, aged 11-, 13- and 15- years, from 33 mainly European and North American countries/regions participating in the cross-sectional Health Behaviour in School-aged Children surveys in 2002, 2006 and 2010, were used to investigate trends in daily fruit and vegetable consumption between 2002 and 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multilevel logistic regression analyses showed an increase in daily fruit and vegetable consumption between 2002 and 2010 in the majority of countries for both genders and all three age groups. A decrease in consumption was noticed in five countries for fruit and five countries for vegetables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, a positive trend was noticed, however increases in daily fruit and vegetable consumption are still indicated.
authors: 1 Research Foundation Flanders, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
authors: Carine
authors: C
authors: Vereecken
authors: 2 National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Trine P
authors: TP
authors: Pedersen
authors: 3 University of Jyväskylä, Department of Health Sciences, Research Centre for Health Promotion, Jyväskylä, Finland.
authors: Kristiina
authors: K
authors: Ojala
authors: 4 Centre for Intervention Research in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors: Rikke
authors: R
authors: Krølner
authors: 5 Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Dzielska
authors: 6 Health Scientist, Hyattsville, MD, USA.
authors: Namanjeet
authors: N
authors: Ahluwalia
authors: 7 Research Centre for Health Promotion and Education, Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
authors: Mariano
authors: M
authors: Giacchi
authors: 8 Health Promotion Research Centre, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland colette.kelly@nuigalway.ie.
authors: Colette
authors: C
authors: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000067697:Adolescent Health; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D005638:Fruit; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009656:North America; D014675:Vegetables