Introduction: The intake of fruits, vegetables and greens is in accordance with the
recommendations in a minority of the population, especially in adolescents, as it has been …

Consumption of fruits and vegetables in the public school in southern Brazil. Cross-sectional
study was conducted with 356 schoolchildren from public city of Pelotas, southern Brazil …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of the fruit and vegetable intake of schoolchildren
aged 7 to 14 years from Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, and analyze the associated …

Background Increased body weight has been associated with an unhealthy diet, low
consumption of fruits and vegetables. Our objective was to investigate whether adolescents …

Objective To determine the prevalence of consumption of fruits and vegetables and identify
the association with low level of physical activity, exposure to sedentary behavior …

Food is essential for the promotion of health and the low intake of fruits and vegetables (FV)
is a risk factor for chronic non-communicable diseases. Current descriptive and cross …

Objective To estimate the usual consumption of fruits and vegetables by Brazilian
adolescents. Methods We used 24-hour dietary recall data from the Study of Cardiovascular …

Background and Objectives: Eating habits acquired or changed during childhood are likely
to track into adulthood. Due to the fact that nutritional behaviours are not so strongly formed …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze fruit and vegetable intake in adolescents and to identify
associated factors. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted …

ObjectiveTo analyse the dietary intake of Brazilian adolescents and investigate its
association with sociodemographic factors as well as health-risk and health-protective …