Diet as moderator in the association of adiposity with inflammatory biomarkers among adolescents in the HELENA study

Arouca, Aline; Moreno, Luís A.; González‐Gil, Esther M.; Marcos, Ascensión; Widhalm, Kurt; Molnár, Denés; Μanios, Yannis; Gottrand, Frédéric; Kafatos, Anthony; Kersting, Mathilde; Sjöstróm, Michael; Amaro-Gahete, Francisco J.; Ferrari, Marco; Huybrechts, Inge; González‐Gross, Marcela; Henauw, Stefaan De; Michels, Nathalie

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“…Diet is an important modifiable factor for preventing overweight and obesity [ 8 ]. A healthy diet may prevent excess weight gain, excess body fat, and associated risks of premature death and disability from nutrition-related, non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and diabetes [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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Lack of an association between dietary patterns and adiposity among primary school children in Kilimanjaro Tanzania

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Introduction Healthy dietary habits prevent childhood overweight and obesity and the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) later in life. We examined dietary patterns and their association with adiposity among primary school children in northern Tanzania. Methods Dietary data was collected by 24-h recall and food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for 1170 primary school children aged 9 – 11 years from 20 primary schools in the Kilimanjaro region. Factor analysis and FFQ data were used to identify dietary patterns. Children were categorized into terciles of their adherence to each dietary pattern. Multilevel logistic regression was used to evaluate the association of dietary pattern terciles with adiposity indicators: body mass index z–scores (BMI z scores), body fat percentage by bioelectrical impedance, triceps, subscapular skinfold thicknesses, and waist circumference. Results Fifteen percent of children had BMI Z > 1.0, indicating overweight or obesity. Two dietary patterns were identified by factor analysis: a healthy pattern characterized by frequent consumption of fruits and vegetables; and a mixed dietary pattern characterized by intake of fatty snacks, sweets and sugar snacks, sugary beverages, meat and alternatives, milk, and milk products. After adjusting for potential confounders, for both models: model 1 (age and sex), and model 2 (age, sex, school type, time spent walking to school, district [urban/ rural], availability of television and electronic gadgets at home and neighbourhood playground); we found no significant associations between dietary patterns and adiposity measures. Conclusion Dietary patterns were not associated with adiposity in Tanzanian primary school children, possibly because of limitations of the FFQ, which did not record information on portion sizes. Future research should focus on understanding the key foods / snacks consumed by school children, portion sizes and their long-term effects on adiposity in children.

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Lack of an association between dietary patterns and adiposity among primary school children in Kilimanjaro Tanzania

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“…This can be explained by the role of the Mediterranean diet in reducing inflammatory markers responsible for muscle damage in obese subjects (cytokines, TNFα, etc. ), this role was detailed in the literature through various studies that have proven the importance of this type of diet in the reduction of inflammatory processes [33][34][35] .…”

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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and anthropometric profile of obese Algerian subjects

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2021

Nor. Afr. J. Food Nutr. Res.

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Background: Obesity is currently considered an increasingly more severe social and health-related problem. The World Health Organization qualified obesity as a chronic disease associated with several chronic complications such as circulatory diseases, diabetes, cancer, and respiratory diseases. Aims: We aim to establish the correlation between Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet MD and the anthropometric profile of obese Algerian subjects. Subjects and Methods: Our study included a cohort of 104 subjects. 47 subjects were at a normal weight and 57 subjects with an overweight (a body mass index BMI of 26 to 35 Kg/m2). Assessment of anthropometric profile took into account the BMI and body composition. The adherence to the MD was assessed using Mediterranean Diet Score MDS. Results: there is a positive correlation between adherence to MD and anthropometric parameters in obese subjects. Conclusions: The Mediterranean diet could positively impact comorbidities accompanying this disease that poses a major public health problem. Keywords: Obesity, Mediterranean Diet, anthropometric profile, body mass index, Mediterranean Diet Score.

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“…Self-reported measures for assessing dietary intake are subject to recall bias [61][62][63] which may have led to inconsistency in the findings. No study used an objective measure of diet intake (e.g., biomarkers) despite their growing use in epidemiology and intervention research [64][65][66][67][68]. Using a combination of biomarkers and self-report measures (e.g., 24 h recalls and FFQ) would enhance validity.…”

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Brazilian Children’s Dietary Intake in Relation to Brazil’s New Nutrition Guidelines: a Systematic Review

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Purpose of Review This systematic review reports the latest scientific evidence, from cross-sectional and cohort studies, describing the dietary intake of children and adolescents from Brazil. The goal of the review was to describe intakes according to Brazil's new food classification system (NOVA) which classifies foods according to the degree of processing, i.e., unprocessed/minimally processed, processed culinary ingredients, processed food, and ultra-processed food. Due to a paucity of data using the NOVA classification system, studies with other intake descriptors were included. Recent Findings Results using the NOVA system showed a somewhat high intake of (ultra-)processed items, than of minimally processed items. Studies using other methods of dietary assessment showed not only high intake of sources rich in fat, sugar, and sodium, most of them processed items (e.g., savory snacks and sweets) but also intake of fruit, vegetables, and whole grains. Overall, the literature was marred by inconsistencies and variation in study definitions and methods making it hard to make firm conclusions regarding the dietary intake of Brazilian children. Summary The development of tools to evaluate the complexities of dietary intake is much needed. Such a tool needs to be accepted and adopted by numerous study groups, to describe dietary status among Brazilian children and devise the most effective, and to evaluate the success of nutrition education programs. Keywords Diet . Children . Adolescents . Brazil . Review . NOVA This article is part of the Topical Collection on Maternal and Childhood Nutrition

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Diet as moderator in the association of adiposity with inflammatory biomarkers among adolescents in the HELENA study

Abstract: In conclusion, in some cases, a diet rich in antioxidants and essential nutrients may attenuate the concentration of inflammatory biomarkers caused by adiposity, whereas a poor diet appears to contribute to the onset of early oxidative stress signs.

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Lack of an association between dietary patterns and adiposity among primary school children in Kilimanjaro Tanzania

Lack of an association between dietary patterns and adiposity among primary school children in Kilimanjaro Tanzania

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and anthropometric profile of obese Algerian subjects

Brazilian Children’s Dietary Intake in Relation to Brazil’s New Nutrition Guidelines: a Systematic Review

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