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Psychosocial Factors Influencing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and the Nutrient Intake of Rural School Children in Vedaraniyam


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1 Department of Home Science, Women’s Christian College, Chennai – 600006, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Home Science, SDNB Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai – 600044, Tamil Nadu, India
 

A cross sectional study was conducted to study the factors influencing fruit and vegetable consumption among five hundred school children aged 13 to 15 years. A structured questionnaire was administered to elicit data. Majority of boys had positive attitude towards health and physical outcome expectancy when compared to girls in fruit and vegetable consumption. When compared with the RDA, results indicated that the boys and girls consumed less quantity of energy, carbohydrate and protein.

Keywords

Adolescents, Consumption Pattern, Factors Fruits, Vegetables.
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Authors

K. Kayalvizhi
Department of Home Science, Women’s Christian College, Chennai – 600006, Tamil Nadu, India
Sheila John
Department of Home Science, Women’s Christian College, Chennai – 600006, Tamil Nadu, India
T. Sivapriya
Department of Home Science, SDNB Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai – 600044, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


A cross sectional study was conducted to study the factors influencing fruit and vegetable consumption among five hundred school children aged 13 to 15 years. A structured questionnaire was administered to elicit data. Majority of boys had positive attitude towards health and physical outcome expectancy when compared to girls in fruit and vegetable consumption. When compared with the RDA, results indicated that the boys and girls consumed less quantity of energy, carbohydrate and protein.

Keywords


Adolescents, Consumption Pattern, Factors Fruits, Vegetables.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/fijrfn%2F2017%2Fv4i1%2F160178