Eating patterns and overweight in 9- to 10-year-old children in Telemark County, Norway: a cross-sectional study

Oellingrath, Inger Margaret; Svendsen, Martin Veel; Brantsæter, Anne Lise

doi:10.1038/ejcn.2010.152

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“…Several nutritional epidemiology researchers have investigated the link between eating patterns and excess weight and have found a positive correlation between inadequate eating patterns and higher body mass index gain in children and adolescents 14,15,16,17 . However, this relationship was not observed in other studies 18,19,20 . Overall, studies on the relationship between eating patterns and weight status during this phase of life are not consensual.…”

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Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

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The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between eating patterns and body mass index (BMI) in children and adolescents. This is a cross-sectional study of 1,247 male and female students, aged between 6 and 12, from public elementary schools in São Francisco do Conde, Bahia State, Brasil. BMI was used to analyze the children’s nutritional status. Food consumption frequencies, in addition to demographic and socioeconomic information, were collected for each participant. Dietary patterns were identified through a factor analysis. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 17.3% (10.2% overweight and 7.1% obese). Two eating patterns, “obesogenic” and “prudent”, were identified. The former is characterized by sweets and sugars, typical Brazilian dishes, pastries, fast food, oils, milk, cereals, cakes, and sauces, and was positively associated with increased BMI (ßi = 0.244; p = 0.018). An “obesogenic” dietary pattern was associated with increased BMI.

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Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

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“…An important strength of the present study is the longitudinal design, which allowed for examining longterm associations between effects of meal regularity and overweight. The objective measurement of the children's weight and height at both time points, further categorized into BMI categories by international criteria (17,18) , is another major strength of the study.…”

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“…Data collection took place in the spring of 2007 and spring of 2010, when the children were in primary school grades 4 (9-10 years old) and 7 (12-13 years old), respectively. The detailed methods for the 4th grade data collection have been described previously (17) . An identical procedure was used for data collection in the 7th grade (18) .…”

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Meal pattern among Norwegian primary-school children and longitudinal associations between meal skipping and weight status

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Objective: To investigate meal pattern longitudinally and explore whether meal skipping was associated with overweight among Norwegian children and adolescents. Design: Longitudinal study. Children's meal frequencies were reported by their parents using a retrospective FFQ. Weight and height were measured by public health nurses. Descriptive data comparing 4th and 7th grade were analysed by paired-sample t tests for continuous variables and x 2 tests for categorical variables. Odds ratio estimates, including confidence intervals, with BMI category (normal/overweight) as the dependent variable, were determined through logistic regression analyses. Results: The number of children eating four main meals per day (regular meal frequency) decreased from 4th grade (47 %) to 7th grade (38 %; P 5 0?001). Those who ate regular meals in 4th grade but not in 7th grade had higher odds (OR 5 3?1; 95 % CI 1?1, 9?0) of being overweight in 7th grade after adjusting for gender, maternal education and physical activity, but the odds ratio was not statistically significant after adjusting for overweight in 4th grade (OR 5 2?8; 95 % CI 0?7, 11?6). Conclusions: The present study showed significant increases in overall meal skipping among children between 4th and 7th grade. The results indicate an association between overweight and meal skipping, but additional prospective and longitudinal analyses and intervention trials are warranted to confirm this relationship.

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“…dropouts did not differ significantly from the study population in terms of key characteristics V/P negatively associated with their dietary pattern, because neither negative factor loadings nor nutrient profiles were reported (32,33) .…”

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Childhood dietary patterns and later obesity: a review of the evidence

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A range of individual nutrients and foods have been suggested to increase obesity risk in childhood, but the evidence is inconsistent. Dietary patterns that summarise the whole diet may, however, be more informative. The aim of the present paper was to systematically review the current evidence pertaining to overall dietary patterns in childhood and later obesity risk. Studies eligible for review identified childhood dietary patterns using an empirical method, i.e. principal components analysis, factor analysis or reduced rank regression, and reported their prospective associations with an obesity-related outcome. Literature searches identified 166 studies and of these, seven met the eligibility criteria. Despite differences between studies, a common dietary pattern was identified in all seven studies that was high in energy-dense, high-fat and low-fibre foods. The quality of studies varied, however; the four studies reporting positive associations between this type of dietary pattern and later obesity risk were of consistently higher quality than those reporting null associations. The balance of evidence from this systematic review indicates that dietary patterns that are high in energy-dense, high-fat and low-fibre foods predispose young people to later overweight and obesity. It also highlights that examining multiple dietary factors within a dietary pattern may better explain obesity risk than individual nutrients or foods. However, more prospective studies are needed and dietary pattern research requires greater rigour and focus, to further clarify the role of dietary factors in the aetiology of obesity and inform future interventions.Dietary patterns: Obesity: Children: Adolescents: Cohort studies: Review A range of specific nutrients and foods have been suggested as important dietary determinants of obesity in childhood and adolescence, including but not limited to, fruit and vegetables (1) , fibre (2) , fat (3) , fast food (4) and sugary drinks (5) . However, with the exception of sugary drinks, where the evidence is increasingly clear (5) , the specific dietary risk factors for obesity in young people remain a matter of debate.It is plausible that the overall dietary pattern may better explain obesity risk than individual nutrients or foods. Dietary patterns can summarise the combined and potentially synergistic effects of a repertoire of foods contributing to usual dietary intake in a defined population. Many food and nutrient intakes are strongly correlated or colinear, providing the basis for dietary patterns. This colinearity is partly due to the natural composition of the human diet, which has evolved over millennia by way of biology, ecology and culture. Moreover, where food is abundant, as in most western societies, dietary patterns may also be shaped by wider determinants, such as food environments (6) and psychology, e.g. social norms (7) and hedonic hunger (8) . While epidemiologists may wish to separate the effects of individual exposures, e.g. foods and nutrients, the correlated nature of di...

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Eating patterns and overweight in 9- to 10-year-old children in Telemark County, Norway: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 53 publications

References 31 publications

Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

Association between eating patterns and body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

Meal pattern among Norwegian primary-school children and longitudinal associations between meal skipping and weight status

Childhood dietary patterns and later obesity: a review of the evidence

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