Anthropometric measurements, questionnaire responses and fitness data collected during the scientific project: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia" (anonymized version)

Measurements and responses provided by the participants envolved in the scientific project entitled "Cultures et comportements alimentaires de la jeunesse dans les pays francophones du Pacifique au XXIème siècle: exemple de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" [en: "Eating cultures and behaviors of young people in French-speaking Pacific countries in the 21st century: the example of New Caledonia"]. This anonymized dataset contains ten files. Six files are data files in various formats and four are like supplementary files that describe the data content and the tools used: anonymizedData_en_2025.xlsx: xlsx file with the participants' information, measurements and answers in English anonymizedData_en_2025.csv: csv file with the participants' information, measurements and answers in English anonymizedData_fr_2025.xlsx: xlsx file with the participants' information, measurements and answers in French anonymizedData_fr_2025.csv: csv file with the participants' information, measurements and answers in French anonymizedData_code_en_2025.xlsx: xlsx file with coded answers based on the English version file (i.e., anonymizedData_en_2025.xlsx) anonymizedData_code_en_2025.csv: csv file with coded answers based on the English version file (i.e., anonymizedData_en_2025.xlsx) Food cultures_dataContentDescription_en.pdf: pdf file describing the frequencies for social and weight status information, and for the questionnaire responses through various tables and graphs Food cultures_DataFileDescription_anonymized.pdf: pdf file describing the content of the data files translated in English Food cultures_questionnaireCodeBook_en.pdf: pdf file describing each item (question, options, and code) of the questionnaires (translated in English) used for data collection Food cultures_questionnaireCodeBook_fr.pdf: pdf file describing each item (question, options, and code) of the questionnaires (in French) used for data collection Participant characteristics: 10 to 17 years old students (n = 1062) in secondary school Year of the study: 2018 - 2019 Place of the study: New Caledonia The current dataset is anonymized. A restricted non-anonymized version is available also on Zenodo. When using this dataset, please cite the following reference:G. Wattelez, S. Frayon, A. Nedjar-Guerre, C. Caillaud, O. Galy, Food cultures, lifestyles and health of Pacific adolescents: Questionnaire data and anthropometric measurements focused on 11 to 16 years old students living in New Caledonia, Data in Brief 63 (2025) 112299, doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2025.112299