scholarly journals Eating habits and weight status in Finnish adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (14) ◽  
pp. 2617-2624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jannina Viljakainen ◽  
Rejane Augusta de Oliveira Figueiredo ◽  
Heli Viljakainen ◽  
Eva Roos ◽  
Elisabete Weiderpass ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Increased Risk

AbstractObjective:To investigate the association between eating habits and weight status in adolescents in Finland.Design:Cross-sectional study.Setting:The Finnish Health in Teens (Fin-HIT) study is a cohort study conducted in adolescents attending third to sixth grade in 496 schools in forty-four municipalities in Southern, Middle and Northern Finland in 2011–2014.Participants:Analyses included 10 569 adolescents from the Fin-HIT study aged 9–14 years (5005 boys and 5564 girls). Adolescents were categorized by their eating habits: healthy eaters (44·1 %; n 4661), unhealthy eaters (12·3 %; n 1298), and fruit and vegetable avoiders (43·6 %; n 4610); and they were grouped into weight status: underweight (11·1 %), normal weight (73·6 %) and excess weight (15·3 %).Results:We found an increased risk of underweight in fruit and vegetable avoiders (OR = 1·28; 95 % CI 1·12, 1·46). An irregular breakfast pattern showed an inverse association with underweight (OR = 0·70; 95 % CI 0·59, 0·84) and an increased risk of excess weight (OR = 1·56; 95 % CI 1·37, 1·77) compared with a regular breakfast pattern. An irregular dinner pattern was inversely associated with underweight (OR = 0·83; 95 % CI 0·69, 0·99) compared with a regular dinner pattern.Conclusions:Avoiding fruits and vegetables and following irregular breakfast and dinner patterns were associated with underweight and excess weight in adolescents.

scholarly journals Nutrition Literacy among Adolescents and Its Association with Eating Habits and BMI in Tripoli, Lebanon

Diseases ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Sara Taleb ◽  
Leila Itani
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Unhealthy Lifestyle ◽  
Cross Sectional

(1) Background: Adolescence is a period of increased autonomy and independent decision making; it determines health behaviors that can persist into the future. Individual factors like food choices and unhealthy lifestyle have an essential role in the development and prevention of obesity among adolescents and are associated with the nutrition literacy of parents and other adults. While the association of parents’ nutrition literacy with adolescent BMI has been addressed, there is still a scarcity of studies that examine the effect of adolescents’ nutrition literacy on their eating habits and body mass index (BMI) status. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted that included 189 adolescents (68 with overweight and obesity and 121 with normal weight) aged between 14–19 years from four private schools in Tripoli, Lebanon. A self-administered questionnaire that included the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLAI) and the Adolescent Food Habits Checklist (AFHC) was used. Anthropometrics were measured using standardized procedures. The association between nutrition literacy, food habits and BMI was assessed using a chi squared test for independence and Poisson regression analysis where suitable. (3) Results: Results indicated no association between all five components of nutrition literacy and body mass index categories. Furthermore, there was no association between the Adolescent Food Habits Checklist and overweight or obese BMI status (RR = 0.947, 95%CI: 0.629–1.426) (p = 0.796). No association was observed between nutrition literacy and food habits, except for an inverse association with macronutrients literacy. (4) Conclusions: In conclusion, the study indicated that there was no association between the components of nutrition literacy with body mass index or with food habits, except for macronutrient literacy.

scholarly journals Demographic Characteristics Associated with Variety of Fruit and Vegetable Intake: What We Eat in America, NHANES 2013–2016 (FS02-06-19)

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Martin ◽  
M Katherine Hoy ◽  
John Clemens ◽  
Alanna Moshfegh
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Current Smoker ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Dietary Guidelines ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Eating Pattern

Abstract Objectives To assess demographic characteristics associated with variety of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake by adults in What We Eat in America (WWEIA), NHANES 2013–2016. Methods One-day of dietary intake data of adults 20+ years (N = 10,064) in WWEIA, NHANES 2013–2016 were used. FV variety was defined as the count of foods consumed that contributed to total FV intake. To be counted, at least 0.1 cup equivalent (CE) FV of each single FV item and 0.2 CE from a mixed dish had to have been consumed. Each FV was counted only once; a mixed dish was counted as one. The Food Patterns Equivalents Database was used to determine the CE of FV intake. Individuals were classified for variety of intake as None (0 items), N = 579; Low (1–2), N = 3746; Moderate (3–4), N = 3423; and High (5+), N = 2316. Using t-tests, within each classification the % of individuals reporting were compared by demographic characteristics including gender, age, race/ethnicity, income, education, weight status, and current smoker status. Results Demographic characteristics that were significantly different (P < 0.001) among those classified as High FV variety included larger percentages of: those 60 + y (27%) than 20–29y (19%); Asians (34%) compared to Hispanic (24%) and Non-Hispanic black (17%); those at >350% poverty (31%) than either 131–350% (22%) or under 131% poverty (18%); and those with education of college or above (36%) than some college (23%), high school graduate (16%), or less than high school (18%). Those classified as High FV variety also had significantly lower percentages of: obese (19%) than either overweight (25%) or normal weight (32%); and current smokers (13%) than non-smokers (27%). All of these results were typically the inverse for the Low FV variety group with the exception of weight status which had no significant differences. There were no significant differences in demographic characteristics among those classified as Moderate FV variety. Conclusions Although the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend that a healthy eating pattern includes a variety of fruits and vegetables, only 1 out of 4 adults were reporting at least 5 fruits and vegetables per day. Significant differences in % reporting appeared in the High or Low FV variety groups but not the Moderate FV variety group. Funding Sources U.S. Department of Agriculture.

scholarly journals Overweight Physicians During Residency: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maya Leventer-Roberts ◽  
Mark R. Zonfrillo ◽  
Sunkyung Yu ◽  
James D. Dziura ◽  
David M. Spiro
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Surgical Residents ◽  
Resident Physicians ◽  
Objectively Measured

Abstract Background Resident physicians are at risk for increasing weight status given their changes in environment, resources, and stress level. Objective To describe body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, eating habits, and physical activity during postgraduate training and to compare the findings to data for nationally matched controls. Methods This was a combined cross-sectional study and longitudinal cohort, with a comparison to matched controls in 2 academic hospital centers in the eastern and western United States. BMI and blood pressure were objectively measured, and an eating and exercise habits recall was obtained for 375 enrolled medical and surgical residents (93 longitudinally) at the onset of each postgraduate year (PGY) in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Results Nearly half (43%) of overweight residents described themselves as normal weight. Residents were more likely to be overweight (BMI ≥25) at the beginning of PGY-3 than at the beginning of PGY-1 (49% versus 30%; odds ratio 2.26; 95% confidence interval 1.19–4.28). The average BMI of residents at PGY-1 was lower than that of their matched controls, but the magnitude of this difference decreased with increasing PGY (P  =  .02). Conclusions Overweight status is underacknowledged by overweight residents and increases by PGY of training. These changes differ significantly from that of controls and may affect overweight physicians' long-term health.

scholarly journals Availability of neighbourhood supermarkets and convenience stores, broader built environment context, and the purchase of fruits and vegetables in US households

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (13) ◽  
pp. 2436-2447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ke Peng ◽  
Nikhil Kaza
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Vegetable Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Street Connectivity ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Mixed Effect ◽  
Convenience Stores

AbstractObjective:To determine whether neighbourhood supermarket and convenience store availability and broader built environment context are associated with food purchasing behaviour in a national population.Design:We used observational data to perform a cross-sectional study of food purchases for US households in 2010. We used three-level mixed-effect regression models to determine whether the associations between the number of neighbourhood supermarkets and convenience stores and the self-reported annual household expenditures for fruits and vegetables were affected by regional destination accessibility, neighbourhood destination diversity, availability of neighbourhood destinations and neighbourhood street connectivity.Setting:Metropolitan statistical areas (n 378) in the USA.Participants:Households (n 22 448).Results:When we controlled for broader built environment context, there was no significant association between availability of neighbourhood supermarkets and expenditures on fruits and vegetables; instead, we observed an inverse association between the number of convenience stores and expenditures for fruits (P = 0·001). The broader built environment context was associated with food purchase, although the magnitude was small: (i) higher regional destination accessibility was associated with higher expenditures for fruits (P &lt; 0·001); (ii) higher neighbourhood destination diversity was associated with lower expenditures for vegetables (P = 0·002); and (iii) higher neighbourhood street connectivity was associated with higher expenditures for fruits (P &lt; 0·001).Conclusions:The broader built environment factors contributed to understanding how people use neighbourhood food stores. However, there was only a small relationship between the broader environment context and fruit and vegetable expenditures. Policy interventions that focus exclusively on increasing the availability of neighbourhood supermarkets likely will not promote fruit and vegetable consumption.

scholarly journals Food Insecurity Is Associated with Increased Risk of Obesity in US College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aseel El Zein ◽  
Sarah E Colby ◽  
Wenjun Zhou ◽  
Karla P Shelnutt ◽  
Geoffrey W Greene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Added Sugars ◽  
Increased Risk

ABSTRACT Background Food insecurity affects millions of Americans and college students are especially vulnerable. Little is known about the relation of food insecurity with weight status and dietary intake during this critical phase of emerging adulthood. Objectives We aimed to examine the sex-specific associations of food insecurity with obesity and dietary intake among college students. The study also explored these associations by meal plan (MP) enrollment. Methods This cross-sectional study included 683 second-year students at 8 universities in the United States. Food security status and dietary intake were assessed using the USDA Adult Food Security Survey and the Dietary Screener Questionnaire, respectively. On-site anthropometrics were measured by researchers. Results The prevalence of food insecurity at the universities ranged from 19.0% to 34.1% with a mean of 25.4% for the entire sample. Compared with high food security, marginal food security and food insecurity were associated with 3.16 (95% CI: 1.55, 6.46) and 5.13 (95% CI: 2.63, 10.00) times increased odds of obesity, respectively, exhibiting a dose–response relation. Food insecurity remained a significant predictor of obesity among both sexes after adjusting for sociodemographic variables. Food-insecure (FI) students had a significantly lower intake of fruits and vegetables and higher intake of added sugars than food-secure (FS) students. Obesity rate and added sugars consumption were higher among FI students with MPs than among FI students lacking MPs and FS students regardless of MP status. Among students with MPs, FS students had a higher intake of fruits and vegetables than FI students. Conclusions Food insecurity was associated with obesity and poor dietary intake among both sexes. Although MP subsidies may be a reasoned approach to combat food insecurity, it should be coupled with efforts to assist students in making healthy food choices. Registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02941497.

scholarly journals Global and National Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity, Overweight, and Underweight Status

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spencer Moore ◽  
Justin N. Hall ◽  
Sam Harper ◽  
John W. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Weight Status ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
World Health ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
World Health Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
National Differences ◽  
International Policies ◽  
Increased Risk

Objective. To examine the association between socioeconomic factors and weight status across 53 countries.Methods. Data are cross-sectional and from the long version of the World Health Survey (WHS). There were 172,625 WHS participants who provided self-reported height and weight measures and sociodemographic information. The International Classification of adult weight status was used to classify participants by body mass index (BMI): (1) underweight (<18.5), (2) normal weight (18.5–24.9), (3) overweight (25.0–29.9), and (4) obese (>30.0). Multinomial regression was used in the analyses.Results. Globally, 6.7% was underweight, 25.7% overweight, and 8.9% obese. Underweight status was least (5.8%) and obesity (9.3%) most prevalent in the richest quintile. There was variability between countries, with a tendency for lower-income quintiles to be at increased risk for underweight and reduced risk for obesity.Conclusion. International policies may require flexibility in addressing cross-national differences in the socio-economic covariates of BMI status.

scholarly journals Parental Misperception of Their Child's Body Weight Status Impedes the Assessment of the Child's Lifestyle Behaviors

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Eve Mathieu ◽  
Vicky Drapeau ◽  
Angelo Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Lifestyle Habits ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Body Weight Status ◽  
Healthy Body Weight

Objectives. To examine if distinct characteristics are associated with parental misclassification of underweight (UW), normal weight (NW), and overweight or obese (OWOB) children and the implications of misclassification on the parental evaluation of the child's lifestyle habits.Methods. Cross-sectional analysis (2004 sample) of the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (1998–2010) (n=1,125).Results. 16%, 55%, and 77% of NW, UW and OWOB children were perceived inaccurately, respectively. Misperception was significantly higher in nonimmigrant parents of UW children, in highly educated parents of NW children and in NW and OWOB children with lower BMI percentiles. Erroneous body weight status identification impedes the evaluation of eating habits of all children as well as physical activity and fitness levels of UW and OWOB children.Conclusion. Parental misclassification of the child's body weight status and lifestyle habits constitutes an unfavorable context for healthy body weight management.

scholarly journals Short stature and obesity: positive association in adults but inverse association in children and adolescents

2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Bosy-Westphal ◽  
Sandra Plachta-Danielzik ◽  
Ralf-Peter Dörhöfer ◽  
Manfred J. Müller
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Short Stature ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Increased Risk

Shorter than average adults are at a higher risk for obesity and are also more susceptible to diabetes and CVD, independent of BMI. In contrast, taller children have a higher risk of obesity. We hypothesised that short stature is related to adverse body composition and that the association between stature and obesity differs between generations. In a cross-sectional German database of 213 804 adults and 12 411 children and adolescents, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was compared between percentiles of height. The association between stature and percentage of fat mass (%FM), lean BMI (LBMI; kg/m2) or waist:hip ratio (in children only) was analysed within BMI groups. In adults, the prevalence of BMI >30 kg/m2 gradually increased with decreasing percentile of height whereas in children and adolescents, a positive association between height and weight status was observed. Short-stature women and girls had a 0·8–3·2 % lower %FM than tall subjects (P < 0·05), whereas no trend for %FM was observed in males. When compared with tall subjects, LBMI was 0·2–0·6 kg/m2 lower in short-stature men, as well as obese women (P < 0·05). There was a non-significant trend for a lower LBMI and a higher waist:hip ratio in shorter children. In conclusion, short stature is associated with an increased risk of obesity in adults. Cardiometabolic risk in short stature is not explained by an adverse body composition.

scholarly journals Weight Status Change From Adolescence to Young Adulthood and the Risk of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus

Hypertension ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 583-588
Author(s):  
Min Zhao ◽  
Pascal Bovet ◽  
Bo Xi
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Status Change ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Us

It is still unclear whether the risk of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in adulthood remains increased if excess weight in adolescence recedes later in life. This study examines the effect of change in weight status from adolescence to young adulthood on the risk of hypertension and diabetes mellitus. A total of 4454 adolescents aged 12 to 19 years from the US National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (1994–1995) were followed up to young adulthood (25–32 years, 2007–2008). After a median follow-up time of 13 years, compared with normal weight in both adolescence and young adulthood (n=1328, 29.8%), excess weight in the 2 periods (n=1077, 24.2%) was associated with an increased risk of hypertension (odds ratio, 3.72 [95% CI, 2.86–4.84]) and diabetes mellitus (3.32 [2.11–5.21]). Normal weight in adolescence but excess weight in young adulthood (n=1983, 44.5%) was associated with a lower but still significant risk of hypertension (2.49 [1.98–3.15]) and diabetes mellitus (1.59 [1.01–2.51]). In contrast, the risk of hypertension (1.37 [0.64–2.95]) and diabetes mellitus (1.65 [0.45–6.05]) was low in the few participants with excess weight in adolescence but normal weight in young adulthood (n=66, 1.5%). In conclusion, excess weight in young adulthood was associated with an increased risk of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, irrespective of weight status in adolescence. In contrast, excess weight in adolescence but normal weight in young adulthood did not seem to be associated with an increased cardiovascular risk in young adulthood.

scholarly journals Emotional Eating in Adolescence: Effects of Emotion Regulation, Weight Status and Negative Body Image

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Lenka H. Shriver ◽  
Jessica M. Dollar ◽  
Susan D. Calkins ◽  
Susan P. Keane ◽  
Lilly Shanahan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Image ◽  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Emotional Eating ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Normal Weight ◽  
Linear Regression Models ◽  
Obesity Risk ◽  
Negative Body Image ◽  
Increased Risk

Emotional eating is associated with an increased risk of binge eating, eating in the absence of hunger and obesity risk. While previous studies with children and adolescents suggest that emotion regulation may be a key predictor of this dysregulated eating behavior, little is known about what other factors may be influencing the link between emotional regulation and emotional eating in adolescence. This multi-method longitudinal study (n = 138) utilized linear regression models to examine associations between childhood emotion regulation, adolescent weight status and negative body image, and emotional eating at age 17. Emotion regulation predicted adolescent emotional eating and this link was moderated by weight status (β = 1.19, p < 0.01) and negative body image (β = −0.34, p < 0.01). Higher engagement in emotional eating was predicted by lower emotional regulation scores among normal-weight teens (β = −0.46, p < 0.001) but not among overweight/obese teens (β = 0.32, p > 0.10). Higher scores on emotion regulation were significantly associated with lower emotional eating at high (β = −1.59, p < 0.001) and low (β = −1.00, p < 0.01) levels of negative body image. Engagement in emotional eating was predicted by higher negative body image among overweight/obese teens only (β = 0.70, p < 0.001). Our findings show that while better childhood emotion regulation skills are associated with lower emotional eating, weight status and negative body image influence this link and should be considered as important foci in future interventions that aim to reduce emotional eating in adolescence.

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