Contrasting factors associated with abdominal and peripheral weight gain among adult women

Kahn, HS; Tatham, LM; Heath, CW

doi:10.1038/sj.ijo.0800490

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“…Our findings are supported by the French DESIR (Vernay et al, 2004) and the Copenhagen City Heart Study (Vadstrup et al, 2003). In women, this is additionally shown by two other studies (Kahn et al, 1997;Halkjaer et al, 2006). However, several studies report no association (Halkjaer et al, 2004;Koppes et al, 2005) or a marginally negative association, although not significant, between beer consumption and WC or WC change (Halkjaer et al, 2006) in men.…”

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Beer consumption and the ‘beer belly’: scientific basis or common belief?

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Background/Objectives: The term 'beer belly' expresses the common belief that beer consumption is a major determinant of waist circumference (WC). We studied the gender-specific associations between beer consumption and WC (partially in relation to body weight and hip circumference (HC) change). Participants/Methods: Within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Potsdam study (7876 men, 12 749 women), cross-sectional associations were investigated applying general linear models. Prospective analyses of baseline beer consumption and an 8.5-year WC change were assessed using multivariate general linear models and polytomous logistic regression. To test the site-specific effect of beer consumption on WC, an adjustment for concurrent changes in body weight and HC was carried out. In addition, the relationship between change in beer consumption and change in WC was studied. Results: A positive association in men and no association in women were seen between beer consumption and WC at baseline. Men consuming 1000 ml/d beer were at 17% higher risk for WC gain compared with very light consumers. Significantly lower odds for WC gain (odds ratio ¼ 0.88; 95% confidence interval 0.81, 0.96) were found in beer-abstaining women than in verylight-drinking women. The adjustment for concurrent body weight and HC change diminished effect estimates notably, explaining most of the association between beer and change in WC. Decreasing beer consumption was related to higher relative odds for WC loss, although not statistically significant. Conclusions: Beer consumption leads to WC gain, which is closely related to concurrent overall weight gain. This study does not support the common belief of a site-specific effect of beer on the abdomen, the beer belly.

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Beer consumption and the ‘beer belly’: scientific basis or common belief?

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“…However, compared with lean subjects, subjects with obesity in the present study assigned consistently lower (although not significantly so) absolute liking scores to almost all items and significantly lower scores for two food groups (fruit and vegetables). This may be nutritionally meaningful, because there is some evidence that high fruit and vegetable intakes are associated with lower percentage food energy from fat (20,21), and longitudinal data suggest that high vegetable intakes may be protective against weight gain (22). These results also closely parallel those of Drewnowski et al (2), who found that subjects with obesity assigned lower preference scores to a cluster of "healthy" foods comprised of milk, eggs, peanut butter, and fruits and vegetables.…”

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“…These data indicate that overweight individuals and individuals with obesity may have heightened liking for higher fat stimuli, and document a generally positive relationship between weight status and percent dietary energy as fat. However, prospective food intake studies have never confirmed a consistent relationship between obesity and actual consumption, and any specific food sources of dietary fat (2,3) and reviews (22,26) have concluded that the evidence on the relationship between high-fat diets and obesity is suggestive but not definitive. Indeed, recent reviews (27) have suggested that dietary fat does not seem to be the primary cause of excess body fat, although the author acknowledges that the data are limited by methodological problems.…”

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Sensory and Hedonic Judgments of Common Foods by Lean Consumers and Consumers with Obesity

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hedonic judgments of common foods by lean consumers and consumers with obesity. Obes Res. 1998;6:438-447. Objective: To establish differences between lean subjects and subjects with obesity in subjective reports of predominant taste and texture attributes of common foods, and the relationships of these qualities and foods with overall liking. Research Methods and Procedures: Twenty lean (body mass index: 20 to 25 kg/rrr') nondieting healthy adults and 23 (body mass index: ;:::30 kg/rrr') nondieting healthy adults with obesity assigned ratings for pleasantness and predominant sensory attributes to 50 common foods in 14 food groups using a questionnaire. They completed the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Body composition was assessed by bioelectrical impedance. Results: There were no significant group differences between pleasantness scores overall; however, lean subjects assigned higper scores to fruits and vegetables, to foods self-classified as sweet and as salty/savory, and to foods grouped in the highest and lowest quintiles of percentage food energy from fat. There were no group differences in free-choice texture descriptors applied to foods, but correspondence analysis revealed that subjects with obesity associated coarse, slippery, tough, and fatty textures with "dislike extremely," whereas lean subjects associated grainy, moist, doughy, and fibrous texture with "like extremely." Analyses reduced texture terms to 39 key descriptors for use in subsequent work. Groups did not significantly differ in reported external or restrained eating behaviors, but 438 OBESITY RESEARCH Vol. 6 NO.6 Nov. 1998 subjects with obesity scored significantly higher for reported emotional eating. Discussion: Differences in preferences for listed common foods exist between weight status groups according to taste, food group, and texture. Consumers can make textural descriptions of foods that could be used to assess sensory and hedonic qualities of actual food choices.

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“…Meat is an important source of total and saturated fat and could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes through overweight/obesity [41][42][43][44], the metabolic syndrome [45][46][47] and hyperinsulinaemia and hyperglycaemia [20, [48][49][50], although some studies found no association [51,52]. Another possible mechanism may be through the effects of haem-iron derived from meat [19,24,39,53].…”

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Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

2009

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Aims/hypothesis Diet is thought to play an important role in the aetiology of type 2 diabetes. Previous studies have found positive associations between meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes, but the results have been inconsistent. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies of meat consumption and type 2 diabetes risk. Methods We searched several databases for cohort studies on meat consumption and type 2 diabetes risk, up to December 2008. Summary relative risks were estimated by use of a random-effects model. Results We identified 12 cohort studies. The estimated summary RR and 95% confidence interval of type 2 diabetes comparing high vs low intake was 1.17 (95% CI 0.92-1.48) for total meat, 1.21 (95% CI 1.07-1.38) for red meat and 1.41 (95% CI 1.25-1.60) for processed meat. There was heterogeneity amongst the studies of total, red and processed meat which, to some degree, was explained by the study characteristics. Conclusions/interpretation These results suggest that meat consumption increases the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, the possibility that residual confounding could explain this association cannot be excluded.

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Contrasting factors associated with abdominal and peripheral weight gain among adult women

Cited by 30 publications

References 42 publications

Beer consumption and the ‘beer belly’: scientific basis or common belief?

Beer consumption and the ‘beer belly’: scientific basis or common belief?

Sensory and Hedonic Judgments of Common Foods by Lean Consumers and Consumers with Obesity

Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

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