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Adriana Albul1, Cornelia Rada, M Albu
1Facultatea de Medicină, Disciplina de Igienă-Sănătatea Mediului, Universitatea de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T.Popa Iaşi.
Unlabelled:
A goal for the national nutritional education program is represented by the increase of fruit consumption.
Material And Method:
Using specially designed questionaries a group of 127 teenagers from two different Iaşi high schools provided date related to thei daily fruit intake.
Results:
Almost 40% of the teenagers use fresh fruits as part of their breakfast and a greater number use them as snacks (57.5%) or dessert (80.5%), with statistically insignificant differences between the two high schools.
Conclusion:
The fruit intake is adequate in the studied group and the programs that promote certain food habits must take into account the existing situation.
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