scholarly journals Fast Food Consumption Behavior in Adolescents

Author(s):  
Audia Lestari ◽  
Afiah Fakhira ◽  
Alfiah Ismiana ◽  
Annisaa Annisaa

The nutritional needs of adolescents need to be considered because during adolescence there is rapid growth and development. Unhealthy eating habits will affect the nutritional intake of adolescents. Unhealthy foods such as fast food are consumed by teenagers. At a time when everything is as modern as it is now, teenagers want everything fast-paced, including choosing food fast food is also kn own to the public as junk food. Junk food is defined as junk food or food that has no nutrition for the body. Eating junk food is not only useless but can also be detrimental to health. Fast food comes from western countries which generally have high fat and calorie content. Descriptive research method with a qualitative approach to the method of phenomenology. The sample in this study was four (4) students consisting of one grade 1 high school, two grade 2 high school students, and 1 grade 3 senior high school student. This study wants to explore the phenomena experienced by students in consuming fast food. Many factors influence teenagers to consume fast food. These factors are discussed based on research articles and book references. Factors that influence the consumption of fast food include taste, price, comfortable place, and the influence of peers. Fast food can increase the risk of several diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and blood lipid disorders or dyslipidemia. Obesity or overweight is experienced by many children, adolescents, and adults. Obesity occurs due to changing lifestyles, including eating patterns that often eat fast food. Eating fast food too often does not only lead to obesity. However, obesity experienced by a person will increase a person's risk factors for suffering from other degenerative diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-39
Author(s):  
Siti Rara Oyi Pinasti

Adolescent nutritional needs need to be considered because in adolescence there is rapid growth and development. Unhealthy eating habits affect adolescent nutritional intake, such as fast food consumed by teenagers. At a time when everything is modern, teenagers want everything to be fast, including in choosing food, namely fast food known to the public as junk food. Junk food is defined as junk food or food that does not have nutrients for the body. Junk food is not only wasteful, it can also be detrimental to health. Fast food comes from western countries which have high fat and calorie content. Many factors influence adolescents to eat fast food, discussed based on research articles and book references, including taste, price, a comfortable place, and peer influence. Fast food can increase the risk of several diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and blood lipid disorders or dyslipidemia. Obesity or overweight is experienced by children, adolescents, and adults. However, from obesity experienced by a person, it will increase a person's risk factors for suffering from other degenerative diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.


IKESMA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Icha Pamelia

Adolescent nutritional needs need to be considered because in adolescence there is rapid growth and development. Unhealthy eating habits will affect adolescent nutrition. Unhealthy foods such as fast food are consumed by teenagers. At a time when everything is modern like now, teenagers want everything to be fast, including in choosing food. Fast food is also known to the public as junk food. Junk food is defined as food waste or food that does not have nutrients for the body. Eating junk food is not only in vain, but can also damage health. Fast food comes from western countries which generally have high fat and calorie content. Many factors influence teenagers eating fast food. These factors are discussed based on research articles and book references. Factors that influence consumption of fast food include taste, price, a comfortable place, and peer influence. Fast food can increase the risk of several diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and disorders of blood fat or dyslipidemia. Obesity or obesity is experienced by many children, adolescents, and adults. Obesity occurs because of a changing lifestyle, including eating patterns that often consume fast food. Eating fast food too often does not only cause obesity. However, from obesity experienced by someone, it will increase a person's risk factors for other degenerative diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and stroke.


2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1740-1746
Author(s):  
Anita Bielawska ◽  
Katarzyna Tomczyk ◽  
Beata Łabuz-Roszak

Introduction: Dietary trends such as consumption of lactose-free and gluten-free products or the use of alternative slimming diets are gaining increasing popularity, especially among young people. They determine their dietary choices, which are important from the point of view of human health. Unconventional diets are still considered as effective weight loss methods. The use of alternative diets may cause shortages of an essential nutrients, increase the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases and lead to the formation of incorrect eating habits. Balanced diet, in contrast to the alternative diet, takes into account the principles of rational nutrition and nutritional recommendations of the Institute of Food and Nutrition (IŻŻ). The aim: To investigate the influence of popular dietary trends on nutrition of high school adolescences. Material and methods: Subjects were adolescences in the age of 17-21 years attending high schools in Ruda Slaska (262 students, including 157 women and 105 men). Self-constructed questionnaire was applied in the study. Participation in the study was anonymous and voluntary. Results: In more than a half of young women (54,8%) and men (52,4%) the body mass deficiency was revealed (BMI<18 kg/m2). 33,6% of the respondents were on the non-balanced diets at least once in their lives. High school students knew gluten-free and lactose-free products but dietary trends, such as the consumption of gluten-free and lactose-free products, did not affect their diet. The main source of nutritional knowledge among respondents were their friends (78,2%). Conclusions: The results of the conducted research indicate the need to implement educational programs on the principles of proper nutrition. The increasing awareness of theyouth in this regard may contribute to reducing the interest in still popular alternative diets among young people and taking appropriate health behaviors by them.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Ewa Malczyk ◽  
Marzena Zołoteńka-Synowiec ◽  
Beata Całyniuk ◽  
Marta Misiarz ◽  
Joanna Rybak

Background: Puberty is a time when many changes occur in the body of a young person. It is also the time when nutritional habits are developed or modified. Healthy dietary choices are of particular importance for normal development during adolescence and are also predictive of future health. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional habits of junior high school students from the Kłomnice district with a focus on obesity. Material and methods: The study was carried out using 280 randomly selected secondary school students attending schools in Kłomnice, Częstochowa in the Silesian province. The research was carried out using a questionnaire comprising questions about gender, age, weight and height of the body and nutritional habits. Results: The nutritional habits of high school students from the Kłomnice district were evaluated to be low. Girls more frequently than boys had developed improper eating habits. Irregularities in the diet of the surveyed high school children are: incorrect number of meals a day, irregular food consumption, snacking between meals, adding too much sugar to hot beverages, infrequent consumption of milk and dairy products, coarse grains, vegetables, fruits and legumes and a high frequency of meat and sweets consumption. The nutritional habits of junior high school students from Kłomnice were at a sufficient level. Girls more often than the boys showed improper eating habits. Irregularities in the diet of the students in the study were: improper amount of food consumed during the day, irregular food consumption, snacking between meals, adding too much sugar to hot beverages, infrequent consumption of milk and dairy products, coarse grains, fish, vegetables, fruits and legumes and a high frequency of meat and sweets consumption. Conclusions: It is recommended that continuous nutritional education of children and adolescents is implemented in order to improve diet and thereby reduce the risk of obesity in the future.


2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 927-937 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Cutumisu ◽  
Issouf Traoré ◽  
Marie-Claude Paquette ◽  
Linda Cazale ◽  
Hélène Camirand ◽  
...  

AbstractObjectiveWe investigated the association between junk food consumption at lunchtime (JCL) and fast-food outlet access near school among secondary-school children in Quebec.DesignA geographic information system database was used to characterize the food environment around a sub-sample of 374 public schools in which 26 655 students were enrolled. The outcome variable was JCL during the previous week, dichotomized into low JCL (none or once)v. high JCL (twice or more). Access to fast-food outlets near school was assessed using an existing database of fast-food outlets in Quebec. Covariates included student (age, sex and self-rated perceived health), family (familial status and parental education) and school (urban/rural status and deprivation) variables. Hierarchical logistic regression models were employed for analyses using PROC GLIMMIX of SAS version 9.3.SettingProvince of Quebec, Canada.SubjectsWe used data from the Quebec Health Survey of High School Students (QHSHSS) 2010–11, a survey of secondary-school Quebec students.ResultsExposure to two or more fast-food outlets within a radius of 750 m around schools was associated with a higher likelihood of excess JCL (OR=1·50; 95 % CI 1·28, 1·75), controlling for the characteristics of the students, their families and their schools.ConclusionsThe food environment surrounding schools can constitute a target for interventions to improve food choices among secondary-school children living in the province of Quebec. Transforming environments around schools to promote healthy eating includes modifying zoning regulations that restrict access to fast-food outlets around schools.


2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirjana Lovrenović ◽  
Igor Grujić ◽  
Radoslav Grujić ◽  
Vesna Gojković

The period of adolescence is characterized by rapid physical, biological and social changes, which is reflected in a specific daily rhythm of work, behavior and diet. Diet of adolescents is characterized by eating large amounts of fast food. Social changes of population that have occurred in recent years affect the behavior of adolescents and their eating habits. The aim of the research in this paper was to determine the attitude of high school students from several towns in the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) toward eating and consumption of fast food as food products that are commonly found in their menu. In this paper, a survey is conducted among high school students of both sexes aged between 15 and 18. The survey included 12 questions that can be classified into two groups: knowledge of fast food and eating habits.Half of the interviewees (49.73%) believe that there is no particular reason for choosing fast food, while one-third (33.78%) choose this kind of food products because of their taste. 51.60% is careful about the amount of fast food that they eat. Over half of the interviewees (58.09%) do not have a reason to give up consuming fast food, and 31, 58% do it so because they think that this diet is harmful to health.For breakfast 19,11% of the interviewees eat croissants and buns, sandwiches or candies that they buy on their way to school. During and after meals 33.62% of the interviewees usually drink water, and 21.53% drink refreshing fizzy drinks or fruit juices (21.02% of responses). The amount of fizzy drinks that the interviewees drink during the day goes from one glass (30,09%) to 2-3 glasses (24.7%). The interviewed students mostly like eating meat and vegetables (37.82%), fruit (23.06%), but they do not like eating vegetarian dishes (31.04%), strongly flavored dishes (18.07% ) and meatless dishes (17.24%).


Author(s):  
Stanley Lesmana ◽  
Riyadh Ikhsan ◽  
Azriya Azka

Background: AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a collection of symptoms or diseases caused by a decrease in the immune system from the body due to infection from the HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) which belongs to the retroviridae family. Teenagers themselves are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. The right and precise knowledge of HIV and AIDS is important in HIV prevention efforts in adolescents. Method: This research is a descriptive research with cross-sectional design. The sample population of this study was grade XII senior high school students of the 2020/2021 at Methodist – 2 Medan by sampling total sampling. This study was analyzed univariately to look at the descriptive images. Result: From the results of this study, it has obtained that the knowledge level of students grade XII Methodist - 2 Medan had good knowledge about HIV / AIDS with the number of 144 people (70.6%). Conclusion: From this study, it was found that the level of knowledge about HIV/AIDS was mostly in a good category.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra S. Kristo ◽  
Büşra Gültekin ◽  
Merve Öztağ ◽  
Angelos K. Sikalidis

Evidence associates scholastic performance to quality of eating habits. However, there is limited information on this topic in Turkey, an emerging economy with notable disparities. Our work aimed to evaluate the effect of eating habits quality of high-school students in Turkey, on the Scholastic Aptitude Standardized Examination (TEOG) scores. The study was conducted in 29 different cities in Turkey during the academic year 2016–2017, involving students of ages 14–17 years (up to senior-high school). A dietary habits survey developed and validated for this population was distributed over the internet in February 2017. Apart from students’ TEOG scores, Family Affluence Score (FAS) was used to categorize the students into low, medium, and high financial standing. Eating Habits Score (EHS) was calculated by using a validated scoring system. A working sample of 298 participants was used. Based on our results, we observed that there is a significant positive correlation between EHS, FAS and success rate of students as assessed by TEOG scores. Further research on this subject should be conducted in combination with intervention studies to reveal potential strategies and policies that would enhance positive behavior change as it relates to nutritional habits, aiming at improved scholastic performance and overall health throughout lifespan.


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