Most Western societies seem to have embarked on a runaway weight-gain train, equipped
with too many accelerators and not enough brakes. Adolescents have been identified as a …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate perceptions of second grade lower
vocational students concerning benefits, barriers and strategies of healthy eating and …

Objective: To examine the health and nutrition beliefs and perceptions of Brisbane
adolescents. Design and methods: Adolescents completed individual, semi‐structured, face …

Background: Lifestyle behaviours are usually formed during youth or young adulthood which
makes college students a particularly vulnerable group that easily can adopt unhealthy …

Objective To explore the perceptions of physical activity and healthy eating among children
from two north west of England primary schools, with the ultimate aim of improving healthy …

Background: Young people (18–25 years) during the adolescence/adulthood transition are
vulnerable to weight gain and notoriously hard to reach. Despite increased levels of …

Objective To compare lifestyle and health aspects among obese, overweight, and normal-
weight 15-year-old boys living in the county of Västmanland, Sweden. Design A cross …

Purpose: To compare the lifestyle-related characteristics of low-meat consumer and
omnivore adolescents in Sweden and Norway. Methods: A total of 2041 students (578 from …

Aim: To increase knowledge of self-rated health and lifestyle in relation to
overweight/obesity among 13–15 year olds in northern Sweden. Methods: All 6768 13–15 …

OBJECTIVE: To assess recent trends in obesity, health beliefs, and lifestyles in Swedish
schoolchildren, with focus on socioeconomic disparities. METHOD: The study was …