The risk of child and adolescent overweight is related to types of food consumed.

Auteur(s) :
Sabaté J., Wien M., Matthews VL.
Date :
Juin, 2011
Source(s) :
NUTR J. # p
Adresse :
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, USA.

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BACKGROUND/AIMS:
To investigate the association between the risk of overweight and the consumption of food groups in children and adolescents.

METHODS:
We studied 1764 healthy children and adolescents (age 6-19y) attending 16 Seventh-Day Adventist schools and 13 public schools using a 106-item non-quantitative food frequency questionnaire from the late 1980 Child-Adolescent Blood Pressure Study. Logistic regression models were used to compute the risk of overweight according to consumption of grains, nuts, vegetables, fruits, meats/fish/eggs, dairy, and, low nutrient-dense foods (LNDF).

RESULTS:
The frequency of consumption of grains, nuts, vegetables and LNDF were inversely related to the risk of being overweight and dairy increased the risk. Specifically, the odds ratio (95% CI) for children in the highest quartile or tertile of consumption compared with the lowest quartile or tertile were as follows: grains 0.59(0.41-0.83); nuts 0.60(0.43-0.85); vegetables 0.67(0.48-0.94); LNDF 0.43(0.29-0.63); and, dairy 1.36(0.97, 1.92).

CONCLUSION:
The regular intake of specific plant foods may prevent overweight among children and adolescents.

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