Adolescents attitudes, preferences and perceived behaviours regarding healthy eating and whole grains from a gender and health interest perspective

Background: A healthy diet is important not only for the growth and development of the human body but also for the prevention of chronic diseases. However, most Swedish adolescents do not follow dietary recommen- dations, especially the intake of whole grain is very low. To create targeted conditions for healthy food choices amongst adolescents, comprehensive knowledge of factors related to adolescents’ unhealthy and healthy eat- ing is needed. Objective: To investigate adolescents’ attitudes,...