Factors Related to Adiposity Among Children Aged 3 to 7 Years

Robertson, Shay M; Cullen, Karen Weber; Baranowski, Janice; Baranowski, Tom; Hu, Shaohua; Moor, Carl de

doi:10.1016/s0002-8223(99)00224-2

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“…To our knowledge there are only three (Rolland-Cachera et al, 1995;Maffeis et al, 1998;Robertson et al, 1999) other longitudinal studies in children available. These studies examined the predictive value of macronutrient intake for BMI (Rolland-Cachera et al, 1995;Maffeis et al, 1998) and skinfold measures (Rolland-Cachera et al, 1995;Robertson et al, 1999) in prepubertal children over single age intervals of 1 (Robertson et al, 1999), 4 (Maffeis et al, 1998) and 6 (Rolland-Cachera et al, 1995) y. The data reported in the current study suggest that across 2 ± 15 y, higher fat intakes were related to higher SS skinfold estimates of body fatness, whilst for carbohydrate there was an inverse relationship.…”

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“…Different measures were used in the various studies and in crosssectional analyses intake was measured at a single time point, although in some studies the diet methodology used attempted to determine intake over a longer period (Rolland-Cachera et al, 1995;Maffeis et al, 1998;Robertson et al, 1999). Use of a cumulative nutrient exposure score in the present study attempted to overcome this dif®culty by identifying subjects with consistently and relatively high and low macronutrient intakes over time.…”

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“…Recently, a number of studies, the majority of which have been cross-sectional, have investigated the role of macronutrient intake in the development of body fatness in children (Gazzaniga & Burns, 1993;Ortega et al, 1995;Rolland-Cachera et al, 1995;Maffeis et al, 1996Maffeis et al, , 1998Nguyen et al, 1996;Davies, 1997;Tucker et al, 1997;Guillaume et al, 1998;Robertson et al, 1999). There is no consistency between these studies in the methods for the estimation of body fatness or nutrient intake.…”

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“…In the older children nutrient intake was not a signi®cant predictor of body fatness but in the younger subjects, protein intake was positively associated with later adiposity, even after controlling for parental BMI. Robertson et al (1999) reported data from a longitudinal study which followed children from age 3 to 7 y. Children whose sum of seven skinfolds increased by 1.5 standard deviations or more in any year of the study were individually matched on age, gender and ethnicity to three control subjects from the cohort, who showed a smaller increase in skinfold thickness.…”

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Does fat intake predict adiposity in healthy children and adolescents aged 2–15 y? A longitudinal analysis

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Objective: To investigate the relationship between food energy and macronutrient intake and body fatness assessed up to seven times between 2 and 15 y of age. Design: Prospective, observational study. Generalised linear estimating equations were used to evaluate the longitudinal relationship between body fatness and macronutrient intake. Regression analysis was used to assess whether body fatness at a particular age was predicted by intake at any of the previous ages. Setting: Community-based project in Adelaide, South Australia. Subjects: In all 143 ± 243 subjects from a representative birth cohort of healthy children recruited in 1975 and followed over 15 y. Main outcome measures: The dependent variables were body mass index (BMI), triceps (TC) and subscapular (SS) skinfolds, expressed as standard deviation (s.d.) scores at each age. The predictor variables were energyadjusted macronutrient intake and total energy intake, estimated from a 3 ± 4 day diet diary, the previous corresponding measure of body fatness, sex and parental BMI, TC or SS. Results: Across 2 ± 15 y energy-adjusted fat and carbohydrate intakes were respectively directly and inversely related to SS skinfold measures but not to either BMI or TC skinfold. The best predictor of fatness was previous adiposity, with the effect strengthening as the age interval shortened. Parental BMI, maternal SS and paternal TC contributed to the variance of the corresponding measure in children at some but not all ages. Conclusions: The current level of body fatness of the child and parental adiposity are more important predictors than dietary intake variables of risk of children becoming or remaining overweight as they grow.

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Section: Does Fat Intake Predict Adiposity? Am Magarey Et Almentioning

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Does fat intake predict adiposity in healthy children and adolescents aged 2–15 y? A longitudinal analysis

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“…Nutr., Magarey et al presented results of a longitudinal analysis in healthy children showing that fat and other macronutrient intakes (energy adjusted) appear not be important determinants of weight gain during growth. However, the few results hitherto available from longitudinal studies are conflicting (RollandCachera et al, 1995, Robertson et al, 1999.…”

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