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Dietary habits and risk behavior among adolescents

Adolescents are part of population on which dietary habits are made for life, and can be influenced by outside effects like smoking and alcohol consumption. The aim of this study was to determinate dietary habits and nutritional status in random sample of 342 adolescents from Croatia and their cigarette smoking habits and alcohol consumption. Completely quantified method (FFQ) was used for identifying dietary intake. Additional questions were about cigarette smoking and alcohol intake in adolescents and their parents. Those, who reported having smoked at least one cigarette per week during the last month, were considered smoker, and those who reported having at least one alcoholic drink per one week during the last month were considered as alcohol consumer. Alcohol intake and cigarette smoking significant differed to gender (p<0.0001). Cigarette smoking was more present in girls (21.9%) and alcohol consumption (70.5%) in boys. Average daily intake of energy, macro and micronutrients did not differed significantly regard to risk behaviour (smoking and/or alcohol intake). Energy fraction from lipids in daily diet was by all participants too high. Intake of energy, calcium, zinc, vitamin A and E was lower than RDA, and dietary protein, vitamin C and thiamine was over RDA in both groups of adolescents. Snacks were too high and, lunch and supper were low in energy in all subjects. Fast food soft drinks, cereal products and fruit intake significantly (p<0.05) differed to smoking and/or alcohol intake. Alcohol intake was negatively correlated to body weight (p<0.05) ; smoking was negatively correlated to body height and weight (p<0.05), and positively to body fat fraction (p<0.05).

adolescents; alcohol consumption; cigarette smoking; dietary habits

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