ArticlePublic health nutrition2017
Diet quality as measured by the Diet Quality Index-International is associated with prospective changes in body fat among Canadian children.
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- Diet Quality Scores, Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Current obesity reports · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of Ready-to-Eat Cereal Intake on Body Weight and Body Composition in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies and Controlled Trials.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2023Pooled it
- Diet quality indices and their associations with health-related outcomes in children and adolescents: an updated systematic review.Nutrition journal · 2020Pooled it
- Diet quality determinants among manufacturing workers in Brazil: Socio-demographic factors, food choices, and ultra-processed foods.PloS one · 2026Article
- Impacts of City Life on Nutrition: Evidence From Resettlement Lotteries in China.Health economics · 2025Article
- Diet quality and blood lead levels in Uruguayan first graders.The Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- Comparing three summary indices to assess diet quality of Canadian children: a call for consensus.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- International diet quality index and revised diet quality index relationship with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a case-control study.BMC gastroenterology · 2023Article
- Holistic Framework to Contextualize Dietary Quality Assessment: A Critical Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Food Behaviours and Health Indicators in Manitoba Adolescents and Relation to the Healthy Eating Index.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The association between Diet Quality Index-International score and risk of diminished ovarian reserve: a case-control study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- The Role of Dietary Patterns and Dietary Quality on Body Composition of Adolescents in Chinese College.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Infancy Dietary Patterns, Development, and Health: An Extensive Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Diet quality of Norwegian children at 3 and 7 years: changes, predictors and longitudinal association with weight.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Article
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- Unhealthy food options in the school environment are associated with diet quality and body weights of elementary school children in Canada.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Diet quality in relation to the risk of hypertension among Iranian adults: cross-sectional analysis of Fasa PERSIAN cohort study.Nutrition journal · 2021Article
- Diet Quality: A Neglected Parameter in Children With Food Allergies. A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Changes in Diet Quality in Youth Living in South Carolina From Fifth to 11th Grade.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2020Article
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objectiveTo quantify the association of dietary quality with prospective changes in adiposity.
designChildren participating in the QUALITY (QUebec Adipose and Lifestyle InvesTigation in Youth) study underwent examination at baseline and at 2-year follow-up. Dietary quality was assessed by the Diet Quality Index-International (DQII) using three non-consecutive 24 h diet recalls at baseline. The DQII has four main categories: dietary adequacy, variety, moderation and overall balance. Fat mass index (FMI; [fat mass (kg)]/[height (m)]2), central FMI (CFMI; [trunk fat mass (kg)]/[height (m)]2), percentage body fat (%BF; [total fat mass (kg)]/[total mass (kg)]) and percentage central BF (%CBF; [trunk fat mass (kg)]/[total mass (kg)]) were assessed through dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
settingChildren were selected from schools in the greater Montreal, Sherbrooke and Quebec City metropolitan areas between 2005 and 2008, Quebec, Canada. SUBJECTS: A total of 546 children aged 8-10 years, including 244 girls and 302 boys.
resultsRegression analysis adjusting for age, sex, energy intake, physical activity and Tanner stage revealed that every 10-unit improvement in overall DQII score was associated with lower gain in CFMI (β=-0·08; 95 % CI -0·17, -0·003) and %BF (β=-0·55; 95 % CI -1·08, -0·02). Each unit improvement in dietary adequacy score was associated with lower gain in FMI (β=-0·05; 95 % CI -0·08, -0·008), CFMI (β=-0·03; 95 % CI -0·05, -0·007), %BF (β=-0·15; 95 % CI -0·28, -0·03) and %CBF (β=-0·09; 95 % CI -0·15, -0·02).
conclusionsPromotion of dietary quality and adequacy may reduce weight gain in childhood and prevent chronic diseases later in life.
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