Why do boys eat less fruit and vegetables than girls?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-325

  Bere, Elling ^a,b   Brug, Johannes ^c   Klepp, Knut Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fruit and vegetables; Gender difference; Mediators

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRUIT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 38949182285     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000729     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Rasmussen M, Krølner R, Klepp K-I, Lytle L, Brug J, Bere E, et al. Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among children and adolescents: a review of the literature. Part I: quantitative studies. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2006; 3: 22.
2. Baker AH, Wardle J. Sex differences in fruit and vegetable intake in older adults. Appetite 2003; 40: 269-75.
3. Wardle J, Haase AM, Steptoe A, Nillapun M, Jonwutiwes K, Bellisle F. Gender differences in food choice: the contribution of health beliefs and dieting. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2004; 27: 107-16.
4. Bere E, Klepp K-I. Correlates of fruit and vegetable intake among Norwegian schoolchildren: parental and selfreports. Public Health Nutrition 2004; 7: 991-8.
5. Bere E, Klepp K-I. Changes in accessibility and preferences predict children's future fruit and vegetable intake. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2005; 2: 15.
6. Andersen LF, Bere E, Kolbjørnsen N, Klepp K-I. Validity and reproducibility of self-reported intake of fruit and vegetable among 6th graders. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2004; 58: 771-7.
7. Bere E, Klepp K-I. Reliability of parental and self-reported determinants of fruit and vegetable intake among 6th graders. Public Health Nutrition 2004; 7: 353-6.
8. Baron RM, Kenny DA. The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1986; 51: 1173-82.
9. MacKinnon DP. Analysis of mediating variables in prevention and intervention research. NIDA Research Monograph 1994; 139: 127-53.
10. Cooke LJ, Wardle J. Age and gender differences in children's food preferences. British Journal of Nutrition 2005; 93: 741-6.
11. Wardle J, Sanderson S, Leigh GE, Rapoport L. Factoranalytic structure of food preferences in four-year-old children in the UK. Appetite 2001; 37: 217-23.
12. Kaplan H, Hill K, Lancaster J, Hurtado AM. A theory of human life history evolution: diet, intelligence, and longevity. Evolutionary Anthropology 2000; 9: 156-85.
13. Tabachnick BG, Fidell LS. Multiple regression. In: Tabachnick BG, Fiedell LS, eds. Using Multivariate Statistics, 4th ed. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 2001; 111-76.