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A Literature Review of Adolescent Eating and
Physical Activity Patterns

In December 1997, a literature review was conducted to support the development of a social marketing plan for California Project LEAN's Food on the Run program to identify:

• Lessons learned from programs and research addressing the nutritional and physical activity patterns of adolescents aged 14 to 18, with an emphasis on lower income teens;
  
  
• Adolescent barriers, attitudes, perceptions and motivations regarding healthy behaviors and effective social marketing intervention strategies;
  
  
• Appropriate channels and social marketing strategies that may result in positive behavior change;
  
  
• Programs requiring further investigation; and
  
  
• Experts and other key informants.

Thirty articles published in or after 1990 were reviewed with subjects limited to nutrition or healthy eating and physical activity of adolescents between 14 and 18 years of age.