Why do adolescents eat what they eat? Personal and social environmental predictors of fruit, snack and breakfast consumption among 12-14-year-old Dutch students

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the relative importance of personal and social environmental predictors of the consumption of fruit, high-fat snacks and breakfast.Design: A school-based cross-sectional survey. Data were collected through written questionnaires.Setting: Students from eight schools in the southern part of The Netherlands.Subjects: Six hundred and one students from preparatory secondary vocational education schools.Results: About a quarter of the variation in actual behaviours and intentions to change the behaviours could be explained. Stepwise multiple regress... Mehr ...