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- The study aimed to compare dietary quality between adolescents who skip lunch and those who do not, while also examining various school and demographic factors related to lunch skipping.
- Conducted in public schools in New Orleans with 718 participants, the research utilized a 24-hour dietary recall method to analyze dietary intake and calculate Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) scores.
- Results showed that students who skipped lunch had significantly lower HEI scores and intake of key food groups, highlighting the need for further research into encouraging participation in the National School Lunch Program to improve adolescents' diet quality.
Article Abstract
Purpose: To compare the dietary quality among adolescents who skip lunch and those who do not and explore associations between school-level variables, demographic variables and lunch skipping.
Design: Cross-sectional.
Setting: Public schools in New Orleans, Louisiana (n = 21).
Participants: 718 adolescents.
Methods: Adolescents participated in a 24-hour dietary recall using the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour (ASA24) Dietary Assessment Tool early in 2013. Data were converted into Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) scores. Mean scores were compared between students who skipped lunch and those who did not. A multilevel analysis was conducted to assess relationships between school environment, demographics, and lunch skipping.
Results: Of the 718 respondents, 88.3% were Black and 15.3% skipped lunch. Students who ate lunch had a mean HEI score of 46.6 compared to a mean score of 41.7 for students who skipped lunch (p < .001). Students who skipped lunch also had significantly lower intake of total vegetables (p = .02), whole fruits (p < .001), total dairy (p = .003), total protein (p < .001).
Conclusions: Skipping lunch was associated with lower quality diet, though diet quality was low among all students. Considering over 15% of the sample did not eat lunch in a closed-campus school setting, further research should consider how to encourage students to participate in the National School Lunch Program, which has the ability to increase diet quality in adolescents.
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