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Perceptions About Health, Nutrition Knowledge, and MyPlate Food Categorization Among US Adolescents: A Qualitative Study

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Autor(es):
Leme, Ana Carolina Barco [1, 2, 3] ; Fisberg, Regina Mara [1] ; Baranowski, Tom [4] ; Nicklas, Theresa [4] ; Callender, Chishinga S. [4] ; Kasam, Annie [4] ; Philippi, Sonia Tucunduva [1] ; Thompson, Debbe [4]
Número total de Autores: 8
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[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Nutr, Pinheiros, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Guelph, Dept Family Relat & Appl Nutr, Guelph, ON - Canada
[3] PENSI Inst, Excellence Nutr & Feeding Difficulties Ctr, BR-01228200 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] ARS, Dept Pediat, USDA, Childrens Nutr Res Ctr, Baylor Coll Med, Houston, TX - USA
Número total de Afiliações: 4
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR; v. 53, n. 2, p. 110-119, FEB 2021.
Citações Web of Science: 0
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Objective: To understand how adolescents define related nutrition terms and use food groups to classify commonly consumed foods into the MyPlate food groups. Design: Qualitative study with telephone interviews. Setting: Houston metropolitan area in Texas. Participants: A convenience sample of 21 adolescents from a volunteer database of the research center. Main Outcomes Measures: Sociodemographic questions were asked before semiquantitative structured interviews. The interview focused on understanding how adolescents defined health, other nutrition terms, and food groups, and how to use the MyPlate icon in categorizing commonly consumed foods into groups. Analysis: Hybrid thematic approach with inductive and deductive analyses. Results: Adolescents defined being healthy in terms of wellness-type behaviors (eg, diet, physical activity, and sleep). They perceived clear differences between terms such as healthy vs unhealthy food but struggled to define others (eg, energy-dense foods and processed foods). Mixed dishes, hard candies, chocolate chip cookies, and potato chips were the most difficult foods for the adolescents to classify into the MyPlate food groups, whereas apple, lettuce, and milk were easily classified. Conclusions and Implications: Food guidance systems, public health policies, and behavioral nutrition programs targeting adolescents might use health and nutrition terms and prescriptive food categories more clearly understood by adolescents. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 15/20852-7 - "Hábitos Saudáveis, Meninas Saudáveis - Brasil": Ensaio comunitário randomizado controlado com adolescentes do sexo feminino de escolas técnicas públicas da cidade de São Paulo
Beneficiário:Ana Carolina Barco Leme
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 17/23115-9 - Consumo de snacks e estado nutricional em adolescentes e adultos jovens residentes do município de São Paulo
Beneficiário:Tatiane dos Santos Lopes
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica