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Dietary intake of pre‐adolescent children in Greece

Maria N. Hassapidou (Maria N. Hassapidou is a Professor at, the School of Food Technology and Nutrition Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece.)
M. Bairaktari (M. Bairaktari is based at, the School of Food Technology and Nutrition Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece.)

Nutrition & Food Science

ISSN: 0034-6659

Article publication date: 1 June 2001

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Abstract

The traditional Greek diet, a variant of the Mediterranean diet, has attracted the interest of scientists for many years as a health promoting nutritional model. Many studies have shown that Mediterranean food habits are associated with low rates of ischaemic heart disease and of various types of cancer. Although some data exist on the dietary intakes of young children and adolescents, there are no data regarding dietary intakes and food habits of pre‐adolescents in Greece. The present study tries to partly cover this gap by studying the anthropometric characteristics, dietary intakes and food habits of 65 pre‐adolescent children, aged ten to 12 years. The results of this study show the gradual abandonment of the traditional diet by pre‐adolescent children, in Greece, in favour of a more Westernized diet. They also show the urgent need for nutrition education in order to try to reverse this trend.v

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Hassapidou, M.N. and Bairaktari, M. (2001), "Dietary intake of pre‐adolescent children in Greece", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 31 No. 3, pp. 136-140. https://doi.org/10.1108/00346650110385846

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