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ArticleThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2016

Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between energy intake and BMI z-score in European children.

Antje Hebestreit, Gianvincenzo Barba, Stefaan De Henauw, Gabriele Eiben, Charalampos Hadjigeorgiou, Éva Kovács, Vittorio Krogh, Luis A Moreno, Valeria Pala, Toomas Veidebaum and 3 more

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Article in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Antje HebestreitLeibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS GmbH, Achterstr. 30, D-28359, Bremen, Germany. hebestr@bips.uni-bremen.de.
Gianvincenzo BarbaInstitute of Food Sciences, National Research Council, Avellino, Italy.
Stefaan De HenauwDepartment of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. stefaan.dehenauw@ugent.be.
Gabriele EibenDepartment of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. gabriele.eiben@medfak.gu.se.
Charalampos HadjigeorgiouResearch and Education Institute of Child Health, Strovolos, Cyprus. chadjigeo@mtnmail.com.cy.
Éva KovácsDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary and Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometrics and Epidemiology and German Centre for Vertigo and Balance Disorders, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany. e.k.kovacs@gmail.com.
Vittorio KroghDepartment of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. Vittorio.Krogh@istitutotumori.mi.it.
Luis A MorenoGENUD (Growth, Exercise, Nutrition and Development) Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. lmoreno@unizar.es.
Valeria PalaDepartment of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. Valeria.Pala@istitutotumori.mi.it.
Toomas VeidebaumDepartment of Chronic Diseases, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia. toomas.veidebaum@tai.ee.
Maike WoltersLeibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS GmbH, Achterstr. 30, D-28359, Bremen, Germany. wolters@bips.uni-bremen.de.
Claudia BörnhorstLeibniz-Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS GmbH, Achterstr. 30, D-28359, Bremen, Germany. boern@bips.uni-bremen.de.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence for the effect of dietary energy on BMI z-scores in young children is limited. We aim to investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of daily energy intake (EI) on BMI z-scores of European boys and girls considering growth-related height dependencies of EI using residual EI.

methodsTo investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of daily energy intake (EI) on BMI z-scores of European boys and girls considering growth-related height dependencies of EI using residual EI.

methodsSubjects were children aged 2- < 10 y old (N = 2753, 48.2% girls) participating in the IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS) baseline and follow-up examination. Usual EI (kcal/day) was calculated based on the National Cancer Institute-method excluding subjects with implausible reported EI. Effect of age, height and sex-adjusted residuals of EI on BMI z-score was investigated stratified by baseline age -group (2- < 4 y, 4- < 6 y, 6- < 8 y and 8- < 10 y) cross-sectionally using linear regression models adjusted for relevant confounders (crude model: age, sex, country; fully adjusted model: plus parental ISCED level, parental BMI, screen time; subgroup analysis: plus objectively measured physical activity). Longitudinal associations were estimated between changes in (Δ) residual EI per year and ΔBMI z-score per year with adjustments analogously to the cross-sectional models but with additional adjustment for residual EI at baseline.

resultsCross-sectionally, positive associations were observed between residual EI and BMI z-score for the full study sample, for boys and in older (≥6 years) but not in younger children in the crude and fully adjusted model. Longitudinally, small positive associations were observed between Δresidual EI per y on ΔBMI z-score per y for the full study sample and in 4- < 6 y olds in the crude and fully adjusted model.

conclusionIn conclusion, EI above the average intakes for a certain sex, age and height are weakly associated with BMI z-scores in European children. Residual EI may be considered as a useful exposure measure in children as it accounts for growth-related changes in usual EI during childhood.

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