Prevalence and correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents in Laos

Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer

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Prevalence and correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents in Laos

Supa Pengpid and Karl Peltzer

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From the journal International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health Volume 33 Issue 6

Abstract

The study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake among adolescents in the “2015 Laos Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)”. The study sample consisted of 3,683 school adolescents with a median age of 16 years from Laos that responded to the 2015 cross-sectional GSHS. The prevalence of inadequate fruit consumption (<2/day) was 74.0%, inadequate vegetable consumption (<3/day) 78.5%, and inadequate FV consumption (<5/day) 83.7%. In adjusted logistic regression analysis, physical inactivity (adjusted odds ratio = AOR: 1.43, 95% confidence interval=CI, 1.061.93) was positively, and being overweight or obese (AOR: 0.65; 95% CI, 0.450.95), soft drink consumption (AOR: 0.55; 95% CI, 0.440.69), fast food consumption (AOR: 0.59; 95% CI, 0.470.74), and peer support (AOR: 0.69; 95% CI, 0.540.88) were negatively associated with inadequate FV consumption. A high proportion of inadequate FV consumption was found and strategies to increase FV consumption in this population may take into account sociodemographic, lifestyle, peer and parental factors.

Keywords: adolescents; fruit consumption; Laos; vegetable consumption

Corresponding author: Karl Peltzer, Department for Management of Science and Technology Development, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Faculty of Pharmacy, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, E-mail: karl.peltzer@tdtu.edu.vn

Acknowledgements

The World Health Organization is thanked for availing the data of the “Laos Global School Health Survey 2015” (https://www.who.int/ncds/surveillance/gshs/laosdataset/en/).

Conflicts of Interests: There are no conflicts of interests to disclose.

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Received: 2019-06-26

Accepted: 2019-08-13

Published Online: 2020-06-08

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