Better Diet and Life for Teenagers to Become Healthier Bibliography

Better Diet and Life for Teenagers to Become Healthier
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Brassai, L., Piko, B. F., & Steger, M. F. (2015). A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life about physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(5), 473-482.
Brassai, Piko & Steger (2015) conducted a longitudinal study on "A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life about physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents." The study focused on the investigation on the increased contribution of meaning in behaviors that promote and sustain life and good health as well as well being among the East-European adolescents. The researchers recruited 456 subjects for the study. Separately, the researchers used variables such as time of response on the presence of meaning, well-being, search for purpose and health values in predicting the healthy eating levels and physical activity after 13 months. The results revealed that all the independent variables at high significant predicted the engagement of teenagers in healthy eating and physical activity. However, both presences of meaning and search for meaning were the most predictors followed by the interaction between the two variables among boys and who had healthy eating habits and physical activity.
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