Healthy Eating Practices

Adolescents’ Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Communication about Healthy Eating

Culture and Healthy Eating

Healthy eating is important for physical health. Using large probability samples of middle-aged adults in the United States and Japan, we show that fitting with the culturally normative way of being predicts healthy eating. In the United States, a culture that prioritizes and emphasizes independence, being independent predicts eating a healthy diet (an index of fish, protein, fruit, vegetables,...

The Healthy Eating Index

Healthy eating at schools

Qualitative study exploring healthy eating practices and physical activity among adolescent girls in rural South Africa

BACKGROUND Dietary behaviours and physical activity are modifiable risk factors to address increasing levels of obesity among children and adolescents, and consequently to reduce later cardiovascular and metabolic disease. This paper explores perceptions, attitudes, barriers, and facilitators related to healthy eating and physical activity among adolescent girls in rural South Africa. METHODS...