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Healthier Diet and Diet-Related Behaviors Are Associated with Increased Physical Activity and Reduced Sedentary Behavior Among Adolescents in Greece.

Eleftheria Chaireti, Philippos Orfanos, Anastasios Fotiou, Eleftheria Kanavou, Myrto Stavrou, Clive Richardson, Anna Kokkevi, Vassiliki Benetou

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Article in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Eleftheria ChairetiDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115-27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0009-0007-2834-0735
Philippos OrfanosDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115-27 Athens, Greece.
Anastasios FotiouUniversity Mental Health, Neurosciences, & Precision Medicine Research Institute "Costas Stefanis" (UMHRI), 115-27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7905-3241
Eleftheria KanavouUniversity Mental Health, Neurosciences, & Precision Medicine Research Institute "Costas Stefanis" (UMHRI), 115-27 Athens, Greece.
Myrto StavrouUniversity Mental Health, Neurosciences, & Precision Medicine Research Institute "Costas Stefanis" (UMHRI), 115-27 Athens, Greece.
Clive RichardsonDepartment of Economic and Regional Development, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, 176-71 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1339-8188
Anna KokkeviUniversity Mental Health, Neurosciences, & Precision Medicine Research Institute "Costas Stefanis" (UMHRI), 115-27 Athens, Greece.
Vassiliki BenetouDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 115-27 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0415-0386

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objectivesHealthy diet, regular physical activity (PA), and minimizing sedentary behavior (SB) are crucial in promoting adolescents' health and well-being. We assessed adherence to PA and SB recommendations among a representative sample of adolescents and explored their relationship with diet and diet-related behaviors.

methodsData from the Greek arm of the 2017/2018 international Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) cross-sectional study were used, including a probability sample of 3357 students (47.6% boys) who were 11, 13, and 15 years old. PA, SB, consumption of food groups/beverages, and diet-related behaviors were self-reported. Multiple logistic regression was used to identify potential associations.

resultsMost students failed to meet PA (83.9%) (i.e., ≥1 h of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity/day) and SB (90.2%) (i.e., ≤2 h of screen time/day) recommendations. Daily consumption of fruit and vegetables compared to consumption at ≤1 day/week was associated with increased adherence to PA recommendations (adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) = 2.26, 95% Confidence Intervals (CI): 1.62-3.17 for fruit; aOR = 1.35, 95%CI: 1.00-1.82 for vegetables). Eating sweets ≤1 day/week vs. every day was associated with higher adherence to SB recommendations (aOR = 2.41, 95%CI: 1.43-4.04). Poor diet quality was related to lower adherence to PA and SB recommendations. Daily breakfast consumption vs. never and abstaining from eating at fast-food restaurants were associated with better adherence to PA and SB recommendations. Rarely eating in front of screens was associated with substantially higher odds of adhering to SB recommendations (aOR = 5.79, 95%CI: 3.67-9.14).

conclusionsHealthier diet/diet-related behaviors were associated with increased PA and reduced SB in this sample of adolescents.

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Adolescent BehaviorDiet, HealthyExerciseFeeding BehaviorHealth BehaviorSedentary BehaviorAdolescentChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGreeceHumansMaleadolescentsdietphysical activityrecommendationsscreen timesedentary behavior

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PMCPMC11820917

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