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The food behavior considerations, physical activity behavior patterns, and body composition indices of adolescents in Puerto Rico.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The food behavior considerations, physical activity behavior patterns, and body composition indices of adolescents in Puerto Rico./
Author:	Vigo-Valentin, Alexander.
Description:	306 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Samuel Hodge.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-08B.
Subject:	Health Sciences, Nutrition. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoeng/servlet/advanced?query=3326280
ISBN:	9780549776567

The food behavior considerations, physical activity behavior patterns, and body composition indices of adolescents in Puerto Rico.
Vigo-Valentin, Alexander.

The food behavior considerations, physical activity behavior patterns, and body composition indices of adolescents in Puerto Rico. - 306 p.

Adviser: Samuel Hodge.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2008.

The purpose of this study was to determine and describe the food behavior considerations, physical activity behavior patterns, and the body composition indices of school-age adolescents living in Puerto Rico. Participants were from public middle and high schools in Puerto Rico and their age ranged from 11 to 18 years. This study was based on a secondary data analysis of pre-existing data. Results of this study showed that adolescents in Puerto Rico were exhibiting food behaviors and physical activity behavior patterns that were challenging the accomplishment of healthy lifestyles. Specifically, there was a low consumption of fruits, vegetables, and fish, while most of the adolescents in Puerto Rico tend to consume soft and sweetened drinks, fried foods, and baked sweets which are behaviors that may increase the risk of health related conditions such as cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. Moreover, it was found that a significant proportion of adolescents in Puerto Rico were not meeting the daily physical activity recommendations (Healthy People, 2010, USDHH, 2006) for adolescents and were either at risk of being overweight or overweight. These results suggest a need to develop wellness and physical activity interventions at school settings, communities, and the development of new regulations and policies by the local government focusing on attacking the overweight rates in Puerto Rico among adolescents, which are consistently higher than those reported for adolescents in the United States of America.

ISBN: 9780549776567Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017801
Health Sciences, Nutrition.

The food behavior considerations, physical activity behavior patterns, and body composition indices of adolescents in Puerto Rico.
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