Middle school students more likely to consume animal fat diet, however high school students had less intake of animal fat dietary pattern as well as prudent diet was alike Puska’s study 22 that determined a clear trend toward lower intakes of fat, especially saturated fat, and increased consumption of vegetables and fruit from childhood to adolescence that These changes are supposed to have happened as a result of a main investing in nutrition education and our finding is contrasting with Mikkila et al.’s study that showed with passage from childhood to adolescence Intakes of fat and saturated fat had decreased, while the consumption of vegetables and fruit had increased. 23 The prudent and Mediterranean dietary patterns had a significant positive correlation with membership in sports team.
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Major dietary patterns in Iranian adolescents: Isfahan Healthy Heart Program, Iran.
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