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The role of eating frequency on relative weight in urban school-age children
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Evans, E. W. Jacques, P. F. Dallal, G. E. Sacheck, J. Must, A. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Description | Journal: Pediatric Obesity The role of eating frequency on relative weight in childhood is not well understood. To clarify this relationship by assessing the cross-sectional and prospective relationships of weekday eating frequency with BMI z-score (BMIz) and change in BMIz in a sample of schoolchildren. Eating frequency, the average number of reported daily eating occasions, was assessed using two weekday 24-h diet recalls. BMIz was measured at baseline, 6 months and 1 year in 155 urban schoolchildren, ages 9-15 years. Multiple linear regression models were used. Cross-sectional analyses at baseline suggest that BMIz was 0.23 units lower for each additional reported eating occasion (regression coefficient = -0.23; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.44, -0.07). From baseline to 6 months, BMIz increased by 0.03 units for each additional reported eating occasion (regression coefficient = 0.03; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.05). This relationship was no longer statistically significant at 1 year (regression coefficient = 0.01; 95% CI: -0.01, 0.03). The findings suggest that the relationship of eating frequency with BMIz differs from that of change in BMIz. This difference may be due to methodological deficiencies of cross-sectional studies, challenges of dietary assessment or differences in eating patterns among normal and overweight youth. Controlled trials are needed to further clarify this relationship. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4495000/pdf |
| Ending Page | 447 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 442 |
| ISSN | 20476302 |
| e-ISSN | 20476310 |
| DOI | 10.1111/ijpo.12004 |
| Journal | Pediatric Obesity |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publisher Date | 2015-01-07 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Pediatric Obesity Nutrition and Dietetics Body Mass Index (bmi) Z-score Childhood Obesity Eating Frequency |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health Health Policy |
