Clustering of diet and physical activity behaviours in adolescents across home and school area-level deprivation in Cameroon, South Africa, and Jamaica
Yves Wasnyo, Lambed Tatah, Feyisayo A Wayas, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Jian’an Luan, Lisa K Micklesfield, Joanne A Smith, Colin Farr, Louise Foley, Estelle V Lambert, Jean Claude Mbanya, Felix Assah, Tolu Oni · 2024
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Wasnyo and a large team report a study from twenty twenty-four on how teen diet and activity habits group together. Teens in poorer countries face rising long-term disease risk, yet habit data are sparse. The team surveyed over five hundred teens in Cameroon, Jamaica, and South Africa. They sorted teens by wealth level around home and school. Surveys scored food habits, food knowledge, active time, and screen time. A grouping method then sorted teens into three habit clusters.
Food knowledge and healthy food intake scored poorly at all sites. High screen time grouped with weaker food scores in a steady pattern. That pattern held across wealth levels in at least two cities. The authors say cutting screen time could ripple into better food habits. They back joint programs over single-habit ones.
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| CREATOR | Yves Wasnyo, Lambed Tatah, Feyisayo A Wayas, Clarisse Mapa-Tassou, Jian’an Luan, Lisa K Micklesfield, Joanne A Smith, Colin Farr, Louise Foley, Estelle V Lambert, Jean Claude Mbanya, Felix Assah, Tolu Oni |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 72 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |