1. Are Physical Activity and Sedentary Screen Time Levels Associated With Food Consumption in European Adolescents? The HELENA Study
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Moradell Fernández, Ana, Santaliestra-Pasías, Alba M., Aparicio-Ugarriza, Raquel, Huybrechts Inge, Bertalanné Szommer,Aliz, Forsner, Maria, González-Gross, Marcela, Kafatos, Androutsos, Anthony, Odysseas, Michels, Nathalie, Sjöström,Michael, Vanhelst, Jeremy, Widhalm, Kurt, Gutierrez, Angel, Moreno, Luis A., University of Zaragoza - Universidad de Zaragoza [Zaragoza], Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón [Zaragoza] (IIS Aragón), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), International Agency for Cancer Research (IACR), University of Pecs, Umeå University, Dalarna University, Instituto de Salud Carlos III [Madrid] (ISC), Universität Bonn = University of Bonn, University of Crete [Heraklion] (UOC), Harokopio University of Athens, University of Thessaly, Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], Lille Inflammation Research International Center - U 995 (LIRIC), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), CHU Lille, Centre d'Investigation Clinique - Innovation Technologique de Lille - CIC 1403 - CIC 9301 (CIC Lille), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Medizinische Universität Wien = Medical University of Vienna, Private Medical University of Salzburg, Universidad de Granada = University of Granada (UGR), Université de Lille, Inserm, Aragón Institute of Engineering Research [Zaragoza] [I3A], Centre International de Recherche contre le Cancer - International Agency for Research on Cancer [CIRC - IARC], Instituto de Salud Carlos III [Madrid] [ISC], Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [UGENT], Institut de Recherche Translationnelle sur l'Inflammation (INFINITE) - U1286, Universidad de Granada = University of Granada [UGR], and Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Zaragoza [CIHEAM-IAMZ]
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[SCCO]Cognitive science ,food intake ,Physical activity ,sedentary behavior ,HELENA study ,adolescents ,diet - Abstract
Objective: One of the current main public health problems is the prevalence of obesity in children. Unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as poor dietary habits, high sedentary screen time (SST), and low levels of physical activity (PA) have a strong tendency to track from childhood into adulthood. The aim of this manuscript is to assess the association between meeting or not meeting the PA and SST recommendations and the consumption of different food groups. Method: Data were obtained from a sample of European adolescents from the multicenter cross-sectional HELENA study. In all, 1448 adolescents from 8 cities were included. PA was objectively measured by accelerometry and dietary intake by 24-hour dietary records. Adolescents were grouped according to PA and SST recommendations. Results: In both sexes, intake of savory snacks was higher in those groups who did not meet any of the recommendations (p
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- 2022
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