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August 16, 2025Applied SciencesOpen Access

Examining the Relationship Between Increased Vegetable Consumption and Lifestyle Characteristics Among School-Aged Children: A Descriptive Study

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KTKonstantinos D. TambalisDTDimitris TampalisDPDemosthenes B. Panagiotakos

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Overview

Observational study shows vegetable consumption impacts lifestyle characteristics in children, suggesting health benefits.

Key Points

  • Higher vegetable consumers engage in more physical activity, and have better sleep patterns than non-consumers.
  • Consuming vegetables more than once daily is linked to healthier eating habits, such as increased fruit intake.
  • Cross-sectional analysis of 177,091 schoolchildren highlights significant lifestyle disparities between genders.
  • Increased screen time and inadequate physical activity notably decrease the odds of being a vegetable consumer.

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Tambalis et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23626b210217d64773403https://doi.org/10.3390/app15158665
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