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[Nettavisen:] "Many arrows are now going in the right direction for young people," said Linda Granlund, director of health, director of health.
Granlund presented Tuesday the figures of the report on nutrition in Norway, the annual report of the Norwegian management on the consumption of food and the evolution of food over time.
Less sugar – more green
According to the report, the arrows indicate the right direction for young Norwegians: they eat less sweets, drink less soda and eat more greenery. The group of 15-year-olds who eat sweets five times a week or more has fallen sharply since 2014. In boys, it has been reduced by 32%, while it is reduced by 14% among girls. In addition, they drink less soda.
At the same time, young people are eating more vegetables: the proportion of 15-year-old boys who eat vegetables every day has increased by 14% since 2014, and the proportion of girls who eat green vegetables daily has increased by 17%.
Increase in obesity and overweight
Despite healthier dietary choices among teens, we are also seeing an increase in the proportion of young people suffering from obesity and obesity.
A new study shows that BMI increases among young people participating in the session and the trend of the report is clear: those who come from the village are heavier than those who come from big cities
According to the National Institute of Public Health, the proportion of children suffering from obesity and obesity has remained stable in recent years for children, but it has increased slightly among youth.
Figures from national studies on physical activity, UngKan1 and UngKan2, show that the proportion of 15-year-olds with obesity and obesity increased from 2005 to 2011. While 14, 6% of boys were obese or obese in 2005/2006, this figure was 17.2%. in 2011. Among girls, the percentage rose from 12.7% to 16%.
"We really do not know if the proportion of obesity and obesity among Norwegian youth is increasing sharply, but it is not decreasing at all," says Jøran Hjelmesæth, a professor at the University of New York. Oslo, and director of the South East Health Center overweight the hospital in Vestfold, firmly in front of the newspaper.
– Do not shout hurry
Hjelmesæth is pleasantly surprised by the evolution of the Norwegian diet and it seems very positive that young people seem to eat less sugar and more green.
"It is the diet that is the main cause of overweight and obesity in general, including among young people." Physical activity is also important, but it is the diet that is essential to the development of obesity and obesity, says Hjelmesæth.
However, despite the positive development of young people, Hjelmesæth dares not yet start celebrating.
"I do not dare to shout bravery before seeing results because obesity is certainly not reversed.I am not sure that this dietary change in teens will reduce the onset obesity, because we do not know which of the young people consume less sugar and more green.It may be that it is basically a small obesity that makes healthy choices, says Hjelmesæth, and continues:
"Those who are actually exposed to obesity and obesity still live in a fat-burning society where they have high access to caloric and energy-efficient foods, and they will always be in the group. at risk.
Generally in the population, arrows only go in one direction for more than 30 years: upwards. The health survey conducted in North Trøndelag (HUNT) recently showed that between 60 and 70% of Norwegians were overweight. The figures are in line with several other surveys, including the spring report of the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, which showed that the normal weight in Norway is now in the minority.
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