ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2015
Evaluating the effect of energy-dense foods consumption on preschool children's body mass index: a prospective analysis from 2 to 4 years of age.
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- Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption in Children and Risk of Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- The Diet of Preschool Children in the Mediterranean Countries of the European Union: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Pooled it
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- Prenatal alcohol exposure affects renal function in overweight schoolchildren: birth cohort analysis.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2020Article
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- Association between dietary patterns and adiposity from 4 to 7 years of age.Public health nutrition · 2017Article
- Cross-sectional analysis of eating patterns and snacking in the US Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study 2008.Public health nutrition · 2017Article
- Normalization of glomerular filtration rate in obese children.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2016Article
- Urinary fibrogenic cytokines ET-1 and TGF-β1 are associated with urinary angiotensinogen levels in obese children.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2016Article
- Gender and obesity modify the impact of salt intake on blood pressure in children.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2016Article
- Decreased renal function in overweight and obese prepubertal children.Pediatric research · 2015Article
- Cardiovascular rhythmicity in overweight and obese children.Jornal brasileiro de nefrologiaArticle
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study was to study the association between the consumption of energy-dense foods at 2 years and body mass index (BMI) at 4 years, using a cross-lagged panel design.
methodsThe present study included 589 children evaluated at 2 and 4 years of age, as part of the birth cohort generation XXI. Information was obtained by face-to-face interviews. Consumption of energy-dense foods (salty snacks, soft drinks, cakes, and sweets) was measured using a food frequency questionnaire. Children's weight and height were measured by standard procedures, and BMI standard deviation scores (BMI z-scores) were calculated according to the World Health Organization. Linear regression and cross-lagged panel design models were fitted to estimate the associations between the consumption of energy-dense foods and BMI z-scores (controlled for maternal age, education and prepregnancy BMI, and children's exact age at 2 years).
resultsThe consumption of energy-dense foods at 2 years was significantly associated with their consumption at 4 years (β = 0.522, 95% CI 0.432-0.612). Children's BMI z-scores at 2 years were associated with posterior BMI z-scores (β = 0.747, 95% CI 0.688-0.806). In the cross-lagged analysis, consumption of energy-dense foods at 2 years had no effect on subsequent BMI z-scores (β = -0.030, 95% CI -0.095 to 0.035) and BMI z-scores at 2 years were not significantly associated with the consumption of energy-dense foods at 4 years (β = -0.012, 95% CI -0.086 to 0.062).
conclusionsConsumption of energy-dense foods and BMI tracked over time, but the consumption of energy-dense foods at 2 years was not associated with BMI z-scores at 4 years.
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