Abstract:
Aim: Describe the patterns of food consumption among adolescents in urbanizing
environment in Bijapur city, India. Methods: A cross-sectional, cluster design study
of 399 school-going adolescents, ages 12-16 years, attending six middle schools
in Bijapur. A 16 items Food Frequency Questionnaire was administered by an
interviewer and weekly consumption of key food groups (d/wk) was calculated. Ttests
were applied to test for differences in mean food consumption between
adolescent boys and girls. Results:
