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Publication Metadata only Association between fruit/vegetable consumption and mental-health-related quality of life, major depression, and generalized anxiety disorder: A longitudinal study in Thailand(2019-06-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; University of Limpopo; Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa; Mahidol UniversityCopyright © 2019, Author(s). Background: Fruit and vegetable consumption is associated with improvements in mental health, but few studies examined this relationship longitudinally. Objectives: The current study aimed at assessing the effect... of fruit and vegetable consumption on mental-health-related quality of life, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorders. Methods: The study analyzed four waves of longitudinal trial data collected from 442 temple membersPublication Metadata only Correlates of healthy fruit and vegetable diet in students in low, middle and high income countries(2014-01-01) Karl Peltzer; Supa Pengpid; Mahidol University; University of Limpopo; Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa© 2014, Swiss School of Public Health. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of fruits and vegetable consumption and associated factors among university students from 26 low, middle and high income countries.Methods: Using....8 % of the university students consumed less than the recommended five servings of fruits and/or vegetables. The mean fruit and vegetable consumption varied by country, ranging from ≤2.5 mean daily servings in Jamaica, Philippines and Barbados to ≥3.9 mean dailyPublication Metadata only The prevalence and social determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among adults in Kenya: A cross-sectional national population-based survey, 2015(2018-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; University of Limpopo; Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa; Mahidol University© Supa Pengpid et al. Introduction: Low fruit and vegetable consumption contributes significantly to the burden of disease. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of fruit and vegetable (FAV) consumption among adults in a national... Kenya. Sociodemographics, health risk behaviour and anthropometric data were collected using the WHO-STEPS questionnaire. Results: On average, participants had 0.78 servings of fruits a day, 1.31 servings of vegetables a day, and 2.09 servings of FAVPublication Metadata only The Prevalence and Social Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Its Associations With Noncommunicable Diseases Risk Factors Among Adults in Laos(2019-03-01) Supa Pengpid; Manithong Vonglokham; Sengchanh Kounnavong; Vanphanom Sychareun; Karl Peltzer; Ton-Duc-Thang University; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University; University of Health Sciences; Lao Tropical and Public Health Institute© 2019 APJPH. The study aimed to assess the prevalence and correlates of fruit and vegetable (FAV) consumption and its associations with noncommunicable diseases risk factors among adults in Laos. In a national cross-sectional survey in 2013, 2527... individuals (18-64 years old) responded to a questionnaire, and anthropometric and blood pressure measurements, and biochemistry tests were conducted. On average, participants had 0.99 servings of fruits a day and 1.33 servings of vegetables a day, a combinedPublication Metadata only Prevalence and correlates of fruit and vegetable consumption among adolescents in Laos(2020-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; Karl Peltzer; Ton-Duc-Thang University; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University© 2020 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston 2020. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake among adolescents in the "2015 Laos Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS)". The study sample... consisted of 3,683 school adolescents with a median age of 16 years from Laos that responded to the 2015 cross-sectional GSHS. The prevalence of inadequate fruit consumption (<2/day) was 74.0%, inadequate vegetable consumption (<3/day) 78.5%, and inadequatePublication Metadata only Prevalence and correlates of psychological distress among a national population-based sample of adults in Kiribati(2021-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; University of Limpopo; Mahidol Universityservings of fruit and vegetables a day, and moderate and high physical activity were associated with psychological distress. In addition, in sex stratified adjusted logistic regression analysis among men, three to less than six hours sedentary behavior.... More frequent fruit and vegetable consumption was among men and moderate and high physical activity was among women positively associated with psychological distress. Almost one in five participants were reported psychological distress and severalPublication Metadata only Hand and oral hygiene practices among adolescents in dominican republic, suriname and trinidad and tobago: Prevalence, health, risk behavior, mental health and protective factors(2020-11-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; University of Limpopo; University of the Free State; Mahidol Universityand vegetable intake, poor mental health, and low parental support increased the odds for poor OH. Rarely or sometimes experiencing hunger, trouble from alcohol use, inadequate fruit and vegetable intake, poor mental health, and low parental support werePublication Metadata only Prevalence and associated factors of oral and hand hygiene behaviour among adolescents in six Southeast Asian countries(2020-01-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; Karl Peltzer; Ton-Duc-Thang University; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University-optimal (not always) hand washing behaviour (44.8% before meals, 31.9% after toilet use, and 55.8% with soap). In adjusted logistic regression analysis, male sex, health risk behaviour (vegetable consumption, sedentary behaviour...), psychological distress, and lack of peer and parental or guardian support were associated with sub-optimal oral hygiene, and male sex, health risk behaviour (tobacco use, < daily fruit, vegetable consumption, sedentary behaviour, physical inactivityPublication Metadata only Prevalence and correlates of behavioral non-communicable diseases risk factors among adolescents in the seychelles: Results of a national school survey in 2015(2019-08-01) Supa Pengpid; Karl Peltzer; North-West University; Mahidol Universityalcohol use, inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, soft drink consumption, overweight or obesity, physical inactivity, and leisure-time sedentary behavior) were assessed by self-report. Among the seven individual behavioral risk factors, the highest... prevalence was physical inactivity (82.7%), followed by daily soft drink consumption (68.3%), inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption (60.9%), leisure-time sedentary behavior (51.0%), current alcohol use (47.6%), overweight or obesity (28.2%), and currentPublication Metadata only Worry-induced sleep disturbance among a national sample of in-school adolescents in Morocco: Prevalence and associated factors(2021-05-18) Karl Peltzer; Supa Pengpid; University of Limpopo; Mahidol University, in the univariate analysis, older age, lower economic status (experience of hunger), physically assaulted, low peer support, parental disrespect for privacy, substance use, passive smoking and high sedentary behaviour were positively and fruit and vegetable intake