摘要：A s in many other countries, young people's food habits have been a central issue in the Norwegian public debate in recent years and many interested parties have been participating in the debate. If we look more closely at how young people and their eating habits are portrayed by politicians, researchers and opinion leaders, they are typically being portrayed as rebellious and troublesome. One example of this is the following front page from Norway's largest newspaper: 'Norwegian children and young people are fat and lazy' (VG February 14th 2007). This claim was based on the fact that children and young people exercised less than before and ate more unhealthy food. To what extent do such claims square with empirical data: Is it true that young people generally eat unhealthy food. And is it true that young people do not care what they eat or drink. And how do Norwegian studies correspond with findings in the British report Food: Now and Then (SHEU, 2012).
