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ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021

Association of dietary acid load with anthropometric indices in children and adolescents.

Zahra Aslani, Maryam Bahreynian, Nazli Namazi, Nitin Shivappa, James R Hébert, Hamid Asayesh, Mohammad Esmaeil Motlagh, Mohammad Ali Pourmirzaei, Amir Kasaeian, Armita Mahdavi-Gorabi and 2 more

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Zahra AslaniDepartment of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam BahreynianChild Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Nazli NamaziDiabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nitin ShivappaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
James R HébertDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Hamid AsayeshDepartment of Medical Emergencies, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran.
Mohammad Esmaeil MotlaghDepartment of Pediatrics, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Mohammad Ali PourmirzaeiChild Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Amir KasaeianHematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Armita Mahdavi-GorabiChronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mostafa QorbaniNon-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. mqorbani1379@yahoo.com.
Roya KelishadiChild Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non-Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

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purposeHigh dietary acid load (DAL) may have an influence on anthropometric indices. Given that there was no study on the association between DAL and anthropometric indices children and adolescents, the current study was aimed to examine the association between DAL and anthropometric indices in Iranian children and adolescents.

methodsStudents aged 6-18 years were recruited using a multi-stage, cluster sampling method from 30 provinces of Iran. Dietary intake was assessed through a validated food frequency questionnaire. Height (Ht), weight (Wt), neck circumference (NC), waist circumference (WC), wrist circumference, and hip circumference (HC) were measured. WC-to-HC ratio (WHR), WC-to-Ht ratio (WHtR), body mass index (BMI) z-score, tri-ponderal mass index (TMI), and parental BMI were computed. Potential renal acid load (PRAL) and net endogenous acid production (NEAP) were used to estimate DAL. The association between DAL and anthropometric indices was evaluated using linear regression models.

resultsIn total, 5326 students (46.92% girls), with mean (standard deviations (SD)) age of 12.50 (3.14) years participated in the study (response rate: 98.13%). After adjusting for confounders, there was a significant association between NEAP and NC (P < 0.05). Also, an inverse association was observed between PRAL and NEAP with parental BMI (P < 0.05).

conclusionOur findings showed a direct association between diet-induced acid load and NC and an inverse association between DAL indices and parental BMI. More well-designed clinical studies are warranted to confirm our results and the underlying mechanisms. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level V, cross-sectional descriptive study.

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DietAdolescentBody Mass IndexChildCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansIranMaleRisk FactorsWaist CircumferenceWaist-Hip RatioBody mass indexDietDietary acid loadObesityWaist–hip ratio

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