caa a22 4500 397516517 CHVBK 20180308164620.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202s1995 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/eurpub/5.2.97 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/eurpub/5.2.97 SCHEI EDVIN Sweet comfort [Elektronische Daten] Changes in food habits during military service [EDVIN SCHEI] Of all Norwegian men, 70% spend 1 year in the military, at an age when adult identity and behaviour is taking shape. Studies have shown increased tobacco consumption during military service. I wished to study the development of snacking during the military service and whether increased consumption of fast food, sweets and soft drinks (junk food) could be related to social or environmental factors. A 2-stage survey procedure allowed a combined longitudinal and cross-sectional study of 2,066 army conscripts. An increase in consumption of snacks, sweets and soft drinks was reported by 57% of the recruits after 3 months' military service and by 80% after 10 months. Snacking increased with length of service and was more common among conscripts who had negative attitudes to and experiences with the military system and with colleagues, who rarely had occasion to return home and who scored high on a standard instrument measuring mental distress. Soldiers reporting strongly increased snacking were more likely to be daily smokers, to have increased their alcohol consumption and/or reduced their physical activity during military service. The study indicates that perceived stress and dissatisfaction during the conscription period lead to negative health-related behavioural changes, which may later be carried back to civilian life. The author suggests that more attention be paid to the nutritional quality of snacks and to the mental preparedness of recruits during the initial phase of the service. © European Journal of Public Health ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON OTHER TOPICS nationallicence eating behaviour nationallicence food habits nationallicence military personnel nationallicence military service nationallicence Norway nationallicence The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/2(1995), 97-102 1101-1262 5:2<97 1995 5 eurpub https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.2.97 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/5.2.97 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- SCHEI EDVIN NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The European Journal of Public Health Oxford University Press 5/2(1995), 97-102 1101-1262 5:2<97 1995 5 eurpub Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford