Food consumption in Mexican adolescents

PAHO, Ortiz-Hernández, Luis, Gómez-Tello Blanca Lilia

Published in : 2008

Available in : English

Keywords : Diet, adolescents, socioeconomic status, gender, Mexico

There are groups of adolescents who are less likely to consume healthy foods (such as fruits, vegetables, and dairy products). Socioeconomic and cultural processes that can explain the differences observed are discussed.

Published in:
Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública / Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2008;24(2):127–35, ISSN 1020-4989,
by Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Documents :
Food consumption in Mexican adolescents (PDF, 88.52Kb)

Originally posted at : Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

This resource is listed under:

Themes : Diet and lifestyle, general, Nutrition and food systems, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, School age nutrition and adolescents , general, Demographic, Dietary diversity, Food culture, Food culture, Socio-economic

Life-cycle focus : School age, Adolescence

Resource types : Peer reviewed journals or papers, Scientific/background documents