Food habits and physical activity patterns among Palestinian adolescents: findings from the national study of Palestinian schoolchildren (HBSC-WBG2004)

Public Health Nutrition

L Maes¹  Z Abdeen¹  P Kolsteren¹  H Al Sabbah¹  C Vereecken¹ 

关键词: Nutrition;    Physical activity;    Parental education;    Palestinian;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980007665501

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo describe the food habits and physical (in)activity patterns and to investigate the relationship with sociodemographic factors among Palestinian adolescents.Design and subjectsThe Palestinian Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) is a cross-sectional survey of grades 6, 8, 10 and 12. Students completed a modified version of the international HBSC questionnaire. A total of 8885 students were included in this analysis; 53% were from the West Bank and 47% from the Gaza Strip.ResultsAdolescents in the West Bank consume more fruit, meat, chicken, sweets and soft drinks, but less vegetables than adolescents in Gaza (P 

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