Seven-year time trends in energy balance-related behaviours according to educational level and ethnic background among 14-year-old adolescents

Public Health Nutrition

C Leontine van Vuuren¹  Hanneke AH Wijnhoven¹  Frederika J Meijerink¹  Manon van Eijsden¹ 

关键词: Time trends;    Energy balance-related behaviours;    Adolescents;    Education;    Ethnicity;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980015001743

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

AbstractObjectiveTo assess seven-year time trends in energy balance-related behaviours in 14-year-old adolescents living in an urban area and to examine the influence of educational level and ethnicity on these time trends.DesignSecond grade students (mean age 13·6 years) filled in questionnaires about the energy balance-related behaviours of breakfast consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity and screen-time behaviour from school years 2006–2007 to 2012–2013. Energy balance-related behaviours were dichotomized and logistic regression analyses were used to examine time trends in healthy energy balance-related behaviours, including interaction terms for educational level and ethnicity.SettingSecondary schools in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.SubjectsPer school year, 2185–3331 children participated. The total sample included 19 244 students of Dutch, Surinamese, Turkish and Moroccan ethnic background.ResultsA significant linear increase was found for positive screen-time behaviour (

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