Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Canadian Adolescent and Young Adult Males
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Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Canadian Adolescent and Young Adult Males
In June 2011, CBC News.ca presented some interesting facts and figures about fruit and vegetable consumption among Canadians. Based on Statistics Canada report, for the first time collecting the data since 2001, Canadians consumed less fruit and vegetables (“Fruit and vegetable consumption declines”, 2011). Moreover, young males after age of 20 ate remarkably less in comparing with females, analyst Ed Rama said. Canada’s Food Guide recommends eight servings of fruit and vegetables per day for teen’s males 14-18 years old and 8-10 vegetables and fruit servings per day for males 19-50 years old. However, the diet of young Canadian males between the ages of 18 and 24 contains too few fruit and vegetables, according to data collected from the Canadian Community Health Survey (“Fruit and vegetable consumption declines”, 2011). Fruit and vegetable consumption may help reduce the risk of developing chronic disease, obesity and stroke and therefore, fruit and vegetables should be added into each person’s healthy eating plan. Young adult’s developmental stage is characterized by transition from parental control to personal control. When young men move out of home and set up their own place, they become responsible for their eating. Poor food habits, adopted through adolescent years, have long-term effects on individual’s health and can be transmitted across generations, as young adults become parents. The purposes of this paper are to analyze community issue such as insufficient fruit and vegetables intake by Canadian adolescent and young adult males and identify contributing factors (age, household income and education) that influence the pattern of fruit and vegetable consuming in this population. Population health is “the health of a population as measured by health-status indicators and as influenced by social, economic, and physical environments; personal health
Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among Canadian Adolescent and Young Adult Males
In June 2011, CBC News.ca presented some interesting facts and figures about fruit and vegetable consumption among Canadians. Based on Statistics Canada report, for the first time collecting the data since 2001, Canadians consumed less fruit and vegetables (“Fruit and vegetable consumption declines”, 2011). Moreover, young males after age of 20 ate remarkably less in comparing with females, analyst Ed Rama said. Canada’s Food Guide recommends eight servings of fruit and vegetables per day for teen’s males 14-18 years old and 8-10 vegetables and fruit servings per day for males 19-50 years old. However, the diet of young Canadian males between the ages of 18 and 24 contains too few fruit and vegetables, according to data collected from the Canadian Community Health Survey (“Fruit and vegetable consumption declines”, 2011). Fruit and vegetable consumption may help reduce the risk of developing chronic disease, obesity and stroke and therefore, fruit and vegetables should be added into each person’s healthy eating plan. Young adult’s developmental stage is characterized by transition from parental control to personal control. When young men move out of home and set up their own place, they become responsible for their eating. Poor food habits, adopted through adolescent years, have long-term effects on individual’s health and can be transmitted across generations, as young adults become parents. The purposes of this paper are to analyze community issue such as insufficient fruit and vegetables intake by Canadian adolescent and young adult males and identify contributing factors (age, household income and education) that influence the pattern of fruit and vegetable consuming in this population. Population health is “the health of a population as measured by health-status indicators and as influenced by social, economic, and physical environments; personal health