Communicating healthy eating to adolescents

The Role of Socializing Agents in Communicating Healthy Eating to Adolescents: a Cross Cultural Study

A survey was conducted of 386 Danish and Hong Kong adolescents aged 11 to 16. Results showed that the consumption of relatively unhealthy food was common among respondents. Looking at socializing agents, respondents claimed that parents asked them to eat healthy food more often than the government publicity, teachers or friends. Parents were also perceived as being the most effective source in ...

Adolescents’ Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Communication about Healthy Eating

Perception of adolescents on healthy eating.

The objective in this article is to analyze how adolescents at a school in the interior of the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, perceive healthy eating. A descriptive and exploratory study was undertaken, based on the qualitative method. Forty adolescents between 10 and 14 years of age were investigated, using a semistructured interview. The interviews were analyzed using the software Alceste, whic...

Healthy eating: what does it mean to adolescents?

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate the meanings of "healthy" and "unhealthy" eating and the importance of healthy eating among adolescents. DESIGN Twenty-five structured focus groups were conducted. SUBJECTS These focus groups consisted of 203 adolescent girls and boys enrolled in three senior high schools and one junior high school. VARIABLES MEASURED The variables ...

Healthy eating Promote healthy eating among adolescents: A Hong Kong study Professor