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. 2014 Feb;59(1):117-21.
doi: 10.1007/s00038-013-0523-9. Epub 2013 Oct 27.

Fruit and vegetable consumption and sports participation among UK Youth

Kareena McAloney  1 , Hilary Graham, Catherine Law, Lucinda Platt, Heather Wardle, Julia Hall
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and sports participation among UK Youth

Kareena McAloney et al. Int J Public Health. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

Objectives: UK guidelines for youth recommend daily physical activity and five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. This study examined the prevalence and clustering of meeting recommendations among 10- to 15-year old.

Methods: Data for 3,914 youth, from the first wave of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study, were analysed. Clustering was assessed using the observed/expected ratio method.

Results: A minority of youth met both recommendations, and these behaviours were clustered. The odds of meeting both recommendations were lower for older youth and for Pakistani and Bangladeshi youth; boys in lower income households were less likely to meet both recommendations.

Conclusions: Most youth met neither recommendation and the behaviours clustered with variations by ethnicity and socioeconomic conditions.

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