DIETARY HABITS AND ATTITUDES OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN BRISBANE
- 1 April 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Medical Journal of Australia
- Vol. 1 (15) , 797-799
- https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87868.x
Abstract
The morning break and after school are the constant times for between‐meal snacks. Adolescent girls are frequent tuck‐shop patrons, and at socials more than half this sample favoured sweet, sticky foods. Weight was an important consideration to the girls, and the most likely reason for them to change their food patterns. The mothers’ influence was more important than that of the peer group, the mass media and the school In the choice of food. The need for further education on diet was expressed by at least half of the girls. The mothers of adolescents would be the most rewarding target for education on diet, well before the children approached the adolescent growth spurt.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Studies in the Food Requirement of Adolescent Girls: I. The Energy Intake of Well-Nourished Girls 10 to 16 Years of AgeJournal of the American Dietetic Association, 1932