ArticlePediatric research2016
Prediction of metabolic syndrome by a high intake of energy-dense nutrient-poor snacks in Iranian children and adolescents.
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- Unhealthy Food and Beverage Consumption during Childhood and Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease: A Systematic Review of Prospective Cohort Studies.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Important Food Sources of Fructose-Containing Sugars and Incident Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019Pooled it
- Repeated cross-sectional and longitudinal study of dietary mineral intake status in Iranian adults: Tehran lipid and glucose study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Association between modified youth healthy eating index and nutritional status among Iranian children in Zabol city: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with oral health: First results from the Kurdish cohort study.Health science reports · 2023Article
- The Association of Dietary Pattern with the Risk of Prehypertension and Hypertension in Jiangsu Province: A Longitudinal Study from 2007 to 2014.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Fructose Intake, Hypertension and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Aspects. A Narrative Review.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Review
- Energy-dense nutrient-poor snacks and risk of non-alcoholic fattyliver disease: a case-control study in Iran.BMC research notes · 2020Article
- The association of dietary patterns and adherence to WHO healthy diet with metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: Tehran lipid and glucose study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Association of nuts and unhealthy snacks with subclinical atherosclerosis among children and adolescents with overweight and obesity.Nutrition & metabolism · 2019Article
- Nutrition and Cardio-Metabolic Risk Factors: Findings from 20 Years of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study.International journal of endocrinology and metabolism · 2018Review
- Sweetened beverages, snacks and overweight: findings from the Young Lives cohort study in Peru.Public health nutrition · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundOur aim was to investigate the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and energy-dense nutrient-poor solid snacks intakes during 3.6 y of follow-up among children and adolescents.
methodThis population-based longitudinal study was conducted within the framework of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study, on 424 MetS free subjects, aged 6-18 y. Data on consumption of energy-dense nutrient-poor solid snacks, sweet and salty snacks, were collected at baseline (2006-2008). Logistic regression, adjusted for age, sex, total energy intake, physical activity, dietary fiber, family history of diabetes, and body mass index, was used to assess the relationship between snacks and incident MetS.
resultsAfter adjustment for confounders, compared with the lowest quartile of total energy-dense nutrient-poor solid snacks, odds ratio of incident MetS in the highest quartile was 3.04 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.11-8.49); for sweet snacks this was 2.88 (95% CI: 1.00-8.32), and for salty ones it was 2.85 (95% CI: 1.09-7.43). The risk of incident hypertension in the highest, compared with the lowest quartile of total and salty snacks, was 2.99 (95% CI: 1.00-8.93) and 3.35 (95% CI: 1.10-10.17), respectively.
conclusionEnergy-dense nutrient-poor solid snacks, both salty and sweet, may have undesirable effects on the incidence of MetS, with salty snacks having the potential to increase risk of incident hypertension in children and adolescents as well.
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