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Since 2014, there has been a significant reduction in the proportion of 15-year-olds who drink soda or soda five times a week or more often.
It presents the preliminary figures of the European Assessment of School Health (HEVAS) presented as part of the presentation by the Directorate General of the report on the evolution of food in Norway.
"Many arrows are now going in the right direction for young people," said Linda Granlund, Division Director, Health Branch.
The biggest drop in girls
The reduction of shower drops is particularly high in girls. In the survey, about one in ten 15 year old girls responds that she drinks soda or soft drinks five times a week or more often.
This represents a 36% decrease since 2014.
For boys, the corresponding drop is only 4%. 23% of the boys surveyed say they drink soda five times a week or more often.
At the same time, the proportion of 15-year-old boys who consume vegetables each day has increased by 14% since 2014. For girls, the corresponding increase is 17%.
Gerd Byermoen, communications officer of the Bureau of Information on Fruits and Vegetables, said that the evolution was very positive.
Gerd Byermoen, from the Fruit and Vegetable Information Bureau, says the new figures on young people's diets are going in the right direction. – This is promising for the future.
Photo: Vivian Stensrud / NRK
"This may be a good consequence of young people's willingness to choose a healthy and sustainable diet, and we hope this is the beginning of a good trend that more and more people are choosing a diet. with more herbal raw materials.
Eat more vegetables
Over the last ten years, the population's sugar intake has declined sharply. This has occurred in parallel with the fact that fruit and vegetable consumption has reached a historically high level.
Between 2000 and 2016, vegetable consumption increased from 59 to 81 kilos per person per year.
Nevertheless, we are still far from the Health Directorate's goal of increasing by 20% the consumption of vegetables, fruits and berries by 2021.
Vegetable consumption per capita is increasing, showing new figures from the Norwegian Directorate of Health.
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Worried about the decline in fish consumption
The new report also shows that fish consumption in the population continues to decline. Irritating, says the Health Directorate.
– We recommend eating fish for dinner two to three times a week, says Linda Granlund of the Health Branch.
The Norwegian Health Authority recommends that people exchange a few meat dinners a week with fish.
Photo: Petter Strøm
It refers to the National Plan of Action for a Better Diet, which aims to increase the proportion that follows the dietary guidance of the Health Branch on fish.
"Replacing one or two meat dinners with fish will have big health effects, and the changes we are seeing are unfavorable in terms of health.
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