ArticlePublic health nutrition2017
Prospective associations between dietary patterns and body composition changes in European children: the IDEFICS study.
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- Lack of an association between dietary patterns and adiposity among primary school children in Kilimanjaro Tanzania.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Longitudinal dietary trajectories from preconception to mid-childhood in women and children in the Southampton Women's Survey and their relation to offspring adiposity: a group-based trajectory modelling approach.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Article
- Dietary patterns are associated with central adiposity and carotid intima-media thickness in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- Dietary Patterns in Early Childhood and the Risk of Childhood Overweight: The GECKO Drenthe Birth Cohort.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Intake of Fibre-Associated Foods and Texture Preferences in Relation to Weight Status Among 9-12 Years Old Children in 6 European Countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Dietary Patterns and Their Association with Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Markers in Children and Adolescents: Genobox Cohort.Nutrients · 2020Article
- The role of lifestyle and non-modifiable risk factors in the development of metabolic disturbances from childhood to adolescence.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe dietary patterns by applying cluster analysis and to describe the cluster memberships of European children over time and their association with body composition changes.
designThe analyses included k-means clustering based on the similarities between the relative frequencies of consumption of forty-three food items and regression models were fitted to assess the association between dietary patterns and body composition changes.
settingPrimary schools and pre-schools of selected regions in Italy, Estonia, Cyprus, Belgium, Sweden, Hungary, Germany and Spain. SUBJECTS: Participants (n 8341) in the baseline (2-9 years old) and follow-up (4-11 years old) surveys of the IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS) study.
resultsThree persistent clusters were obtained at baseline and follow-up. Children consistently allocated to the 'processed' cluster presented increased BMI (β=0·050; 95 % CI 0·006, 0·093), increased waist circumference (β=0·071; 95 % CI 0·001, 0·141) and increased fat mass gain (β=0·052; 95 % CI 0·014, 0·090) over time v. children allocated to the 'healthy' cluster. Being in the 'processed'-'sweet' cluster combination was also linked to increased BMI (β=0·079; 95 % CI 0·015, 0·143), increased waist circumference (β=0·172; 95 % CI 0·069, 0·275) and increased fat mass gain (β=0·076; 95 % CI 0·019, 0·133) over time v. the 'healthy' cluster.
conclusionsChildren consistently showing a processed dietary pattern or changing from a processed pattern to a sweet pattern presented the most unfavourable changes in fat mass and abdominal fat. These findings support the need to promote overall healthy dietary habits in obesity prevention and health promotion programmes targeting children.
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