Food Safety Is a Key Determinant of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Urban Beninese Adolescents

Eunice S. Nago, MSc
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
- Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Roosmarijn Verstraeten, MSc
- Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Carl K. Lachat, MSc
- Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Romain A. Dossa, PhD
- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin
Patrick W. Kolsteren, MD, PhD
- Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
- Address for correspondence: Patrick W. Kolsteren, MD, PhD, Nutrition and Child Health Unit, Department of Public Health, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, Antwerp, Belgium; Phone: (00 32) 32476389; Fax: (00 32) 32476543