Association between dietary patterns and adiposity from 4 to 7 years of age

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2017

Authors

Durao, C (Author) Other; Severo, M (Author) Other; Oliveira, A (Author) Other; Moreira, Pedro (Author) FCNAUP; Guerra, A (Author) Other; Barros, H (Author) Other; Lopes, C (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Public Health Nutrition

Vol. 20

Pages: 1973-1982

ISSN: 1368-9800

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-5EZ

DOI: 10.1017/s1368980017000854

Abstract (EN): Objective The present study aimed to evaluate the association of 4-year-old children's dietary patterns with adiposity at 7 years, according to child's sex, using a conceptual model. Design Prospective cohort study. Diet was assessed using an FFQ. Age- and sex-specific BMI standard deviation scores (Z-scores) were defined according to the WHO. Fat mass percentage (FM%), fat mass index (FMI) and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were also considered, converted into Z-scores using sex-specific means and standard deviations of the current sample. Dietary patterns were identified by latent class analysis and their association with adiposity was estimated by linear regression models. Setting Population-based birth cohort Generation XXI (Porto, Portugal, 2005-2006). Subjects Children (n 3473) evaluated at both 4 and 7 years of age. Results Three dietary patterns were identified: high in energy-dense foods (EDF); low in foods typically consumed at main meals and intermediate in snacks (Snacking); and higher in vegetables and fish and lower in EDF (Healthier, reference). The EDF dietary pattern at 4 years of age was positively associated with later BMI only in girls (=0075, 95 % CI 0009, 0140, P-interaction=0046). The EDF dietary pattern was also associated with other adiposity indicators only in girls (FMI: =0071, 95 % CI 0000, 0142; WHtR: =0094, 95 % CI 0023, 0164). Snacking was not significantly associated with any marker of adiposity in either girls or boys. Conclusions Although dietary patterns and adiposity persisted across the two ages in both sexes, EDF at 4 years of age increased adiposity at 7 years of age only in girls.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10