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The feeding habits of adolescents from public schools in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Authors: Ana Roberta Vilarouca da Silva, Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno, Niciane Bandeira Pessoa Marinho, Lívia Silva de Almeida, Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo, Paulo César Almeida, Isabela Saraiva de Almeida
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The research aimed at learning food habits of adolescents from public schools in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Seven hunndred students age
ranging from14 to 19 years-old were interviewed from twelve education institutions by means of a structured form. From the usual food
consumed the energetic rice and bread were highlighted, consumed by 95.8% and 85.2% of the adolescents, respectively (p=0.0001).
Within constructor food, meat and beans are ingested by 60.6% and 75.0%, respectively (p=0.0001). Regulative food like fruit and
vegetables do not have a usual consumption among adolescents, since just (34.3%) and (47.6%) respectively consume them (p=0.0001
and p=0.226). An unbalance in proper nutrient ingestion for the adolescence was stated, favoring overweight and, consequently,
chronic diseases like mellitus diabetes.
Descriptors: Descriptors: F Descriptors: ood consumption; Food habits; Adolescent.