Background Insufficient consumption of fruits and vegetables in childhood increases the risk
of future non‐communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Testing the effects …

Background In order to more effectively promote fruit and vegetable intake among children
and adolescents, insight into determinants of intake is necessary. We conducted a review of …

Background: Fruit and vegetable consumption is linked to many positive health outcomes,
nevertheless many adolescents do not consume fruit and vegetables on a daily basis …

Background Large proportions of children do not fulfil the World Health Organization
recommendation of eating at least 400 grams of fruit and vegetables (FV) per day. To …

Poor diet quality impairs survival, growth, and development among children and
adolescents. Drawing on global data sources, we review for this Special Issue elements of …

Purpose To review the current literature about potential determinants of fruit and vegetable
intakes and effective intervention strategies to increase the consumption of fruits and …

ObjectiveSince inadequate food consumption patterns during adolescence are not only
linked with the occurrence of obesity in youth but also with the subsequent risk of develo** …

Aims: This paper presents a model that encompasses pathways and mechanisms working
over adolescence that contribute to adult health inequalities. We review evidence on the four …

Los resultados del estudio enKid permiten estimar una prevalencia de obesidad en este
grupo de edad del 13, 9%, un 12, 4% para el sobrepeso, lo que tipifica un 26, 3% de la …

The present paper explores the relative importance of liking and taste preferences as
correlates of fruit and vegetable (FV) intakes among schoolchildren in Europe. The paper …