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Fruits and vegetables consumption and associated factors among in-school adolescents in seven African countries

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  • Karl Peltzer
  • Supa Pengpid

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The results stress the need for intervention programmes aimed at increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, targeting proximal factors such as the family environment, distal factors by aiming at reaching adolescents from lower socio-economic groups and integrating other risk factors such as substance use and mental distress into health promotion among adolescents. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2010

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  • Karl Peltzer & Supa Pengpid, 2010. "Fruits and vegetables consumption and associated factors among in-school adolescents in seven African countries," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 55(6), pages 669-678, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:55:y:2010:i:6:p:669-678
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0194-8
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