ArticleInternational journal of obesity (2005)2021
Adherence to index-based dietary patterns in childhood and BMI trajectory during the transition to adolescence: the EPOCH study.
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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
- Two a Priori Dietary Indices among Young Children in the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) Trial: Validation and Association with Health Outcomes.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Trial
- Longitudinal Changes in Healthy Eating Index-2020 Score and Impacts on Body Mass Index among Adolescents in the Growing Up Today Study: A Prospective Cohort Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- GLP-1R Gene Polymorphisms and Metabolic Traits During Childhood and Adolescence: The EPOCH Study.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Dietary intake and quality for young adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: Status and influencing factors.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of the healthy eating index with overweight and obesity among children aged 4 to 9 years in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Observational
- Diet Quality at 3 Years of Age Relates to Lower Body Mass Index but Not Lower Blood Pressure at 10 Years of Age.Nutrients · 2024Article
- A better performing algorithm for identification of implausible growth data from longitudinal pediatric medical records.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Adolescent Diet Quality, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Adiposity: A Prospective Cohort.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2023Observational
- Childhood nutrient intakes are differentially associated with hepatic and abdominal fats in adolescence: The EPOCH study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the United States, one in five adolescents are obese. Index-based dietary patterns are measures of the overall diet that have the potential to serve as valuable obesity risk stratification tools. However, little is known about the association between adherence to index-based dietary patterns in childhood and BMI during the transition from childhood to adolescence.
objectiveTo prospectively examine the relationship between adherence to three index-based dietary patterns in childhood and BMI trajectory during the transition to adolescence.
methodsThe study included 581 children enrolled in a Colorado prospective cohort study conducted between 2006 and 2015. Dietary intake was assessed with the Block Kids Food Frequency Questionnaire at age 10 years. Scores were calculated for the Healthy Eating Index-2010 (HEI-2010), the alternate Mediterranean (aMED) diet, and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. Weight and height were assessed via anthropometry at two research visits (ages 10 and 16 years), with interim clinical measurements extracted from Kaiser Permanente medical records. Separate mixed models were used to assess the association between each diet index score and BMI over a 6-year period. Models were stratified by sex and adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, income, and exposure to gestational diabetes.
resultsMedian (IQR) number of BMI assessments was 14 (10-18). Among girls, for every ten-unit increase in HEI-2010 score, there was an average 0.64 kg/m
conclusionsEfforts to prevent adolescent obesity could benefit from considering the degree of adherence to federal dietary guidance, as assessed by the HEI, in the period preceding adolescence, especially among girls.
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