Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32951130›Full record

ArticleEating and weight disorders : EWD2021

Current methods inadequate in assessing the association between junk food intake and metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents: letter to editor.

Claire Gallagher, George Moschonis, Bircan Erbas

Abstract readLetter
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 84% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Claire GallagherSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
George MoschonisDepartment of Dietetics, Nutrition and Sport, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
Bircan ErbasSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia. b.erbas@latrobe.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9597-418X
La Trobe University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is of great interest to understand how diet may influence the onset and progression of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in pediatric age groups, as MetS in childhood and adolescence is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes in adulthood. Recently, Azemati and colleagues (2020) reported no association between junk food intake and MetS in Iranian children and adolescents aged 7-18 years; however, we have identified some methodological limitations in this study, which are important to consider when examining MetS risk, especially in samples of this age. In response, we have developed a letter to the editor detailing the issues associated with defining MetS in pediatric age groups and how pubertal maturation and visceral adipose tissue are important variables to assess.

Indexed as

Metabolic SyndromeAdolescentAdultChildDietEatingHumansIranRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID32951130
OpenAlexW3087721390

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.