Association between 24-hour urine sodium and potassium excretion and diet quality in six-year-old children: a cross sectional study

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can lead to functional liver impairment and severe comorbidities. Beyond energy balance, several dietary factors may increase NAFLD risk, but human studies are lacking. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the associations between food consumption (47 food groups, derived Mediterranean and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet quality scores) and liver fat content (continuous scale and NAFLD, i.e., >5% liver fat content). Liver fat content was measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in 136 individuals (BMI: 25–40 kg/m2, age: 35–65, 50.7% women) and food intake was recorded by food frequency questionnaires (FFQs). Associations between food items and liver fat were evaluated by multi-variable regression models. Intakes of cake and cookies as well legumes were inversely associated with liver fat content, while positive associations with intakes of high-fat dairy and cheese were observed. Only cake and cookie intake also showed an inverse association with NAFLD. This inverse association was unexpected, but not affected by adjustment for reporting bias. Both diet quality scores were inversely associated with liver fat content and NAFLD. Thus, as smaller previous intervention studies, our results suggest that higher diet quality is related to lower liver fat, but larger trials with iso-caloric interventions are needed to corroborate these findings.

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Association between diet quality and food waste in Canadian families: a cross-sectional study

Nutrition Journal ◽

10.1186/s12937-020-00571-7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nicholas Carroll ◽

Angela Wallace ◽

Kira Jewell ◽

Gerarda Darlington ◽

David W. L. Ma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Food Waste ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Nutrient adequacy and diet quality in a Mediterranean population with metabolic syndrome: A cross-sectional study

Clinical Nutrition ◽

10.1016/j.clnu.2019.03.018 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 853-861 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Maria del Mar Bibiloni ◽

Cristina Bouzas ◽

Manuela Abbate ◽

Miguel A. Martínez-González ◽

Dolores Corella ◽

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Keyword(s):

Metabolic Syndrome ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Mediterranean Population ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Nutrient Adequacy

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Higher Dietary Cost Is Associated with Higher Diet Quality: A Cross-Sectional Study among Selected Malaysian Adults

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu9091028 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 1028 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ibnteesam Pondor ◽

Wan Ying Gan ◽

Geeta Appannah

Keyword(s):

Diet Quality ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional

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Decreasing the number of small eating occasions (<15 % of total energy intake) regardless of the time of day may be important to improve diet quality but not adiposity: a cross-sectional study in British children and adolescents

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114515004420 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 115 (2) ◽

pp. 332-341 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Kentaro Murakami ◽

M. Barbara E. Livingstone

Keyword(s):

Energy Intake ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Time Of Day ◽

Total Sugar ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Energy Contribution ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Eating Occasions ◽

British Children

AbstractEvidence of associations between meal frequency (MF) and snack frequency (SF) and diet and obesity in young populations is limited. This cross-sectional study examined MF and SF in relation to dietary intake and adiposity measures in British children aged 4–10 years (n 818) and adolescents aged 11–18 years (n 818). Based on data from a 7-d weighed dietary record, all eating occasions were divided into meals or snacks on the basis of contribution to energy intake (≥15 or <15 %) or time (06.00–10.00, 12.00–15.00 and 18.00–21.00 hours or others). All measures of MF and SF showed positive associations with energy intake, except for MF based on energy contribution in children. Irrespective of the definition of snacks, SF was associated with higher intakes of soft drinks, confectionery and total sugar, lower intakes of cereals, fish, meat, protein, PUFA, starch and dietary fibre, and a lower diet quality (assessed by the Mediterranean diet score, except for SF based on energy contribution in adolescents). MF based on time, but not based on energy contribution, was associated with higher intakes of confectionery and total sugar, lower intakes of fish, protein, PUFA and starch, and, only in children, a lower diet quality. All measures of MF and SF showed no association with adiposity measures. In conclusion, this cross-sectional study in British children and adolescents suggests that decreasing the number of small eating occasions (<15 % of total energy intake) regardless of the time of day may be important to improve diet quality but not adiposity.

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Adherence to the Spanish dietary guidelines and its association with obesity in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Granada study

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980014000688 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (11) ◽

pp. 2425-2435 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Esther Molina-Montes ◽

Irina Uzhova ◽

Elena Molina-Portillo ◽

José-María Huerta ◽

Genevieve Buckland ◽

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Keyword(s):

Abdominal Obesity ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Dietary Guidelines ◽

Food Groups ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Food Pyramid ◽

Point Increase ◽

Prospective Investigation

AbstractObjectiveDietary guidelines are intended to prevent chronic diseases and obesity. The aim of the present study was to develop a diet quality index based on the Spanish Food Pyramid (SFP) and to further explore its association with obesity in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Granada study.DesignCross–sectional study. The SFP score considered recommendations given for twelve food groups, and for physical activity and alcohol consumption. Obesity was defined as BMI over 30 kg/m2 and abdominal obesity as waist circumference larger than 102 cm (men) and 88 cm (women). Logistic regression was conducted to estimate odds ratios of obesity by quintiles and by 10-point increment in adherence to the score, controlling for potential confounders.SettingEPIC-Granada study.SubjectsParticipants (n 6717) aged 35–69 years (77 % women).ResultsA 10-point increase in adherence to the SFP score was associated with a 14 % (OR=0·86; 95 % CI 0·79, 0·94) lower odds of obesity in men (P interaction by sex=0·02). The odds of abdominal obesity decreased globally by 12 % (OR=0·88; 95 % CI 0·84, 0·93) per 10-point increase in adherence to this score. The effect of higher adherence to the score on abdominal obesity was stronger in physically inactive men and women (ORper 10-point increase=0·79; 95 % CI 0·68, 0·92 and ORper 10-point increase=0·89; 95 % CI 0·84, 0·95, respectively).ConclusionsThese findings support that the Spanish dietary guidelines might be an effective tool for obesity prevention. However, prospective studies investigating this association are warranted.

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Food-based diet quality score in relation to depressive symptoms in young and middle-aged Japanese women

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114517001581 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 117 (12) ◽

pp. 1674-1681 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Hiroka Sakai ◽

Kentaro Murakami ◽

Satomi Kobayashi ◽

Hitomi Suga ◽

Satoshi Sasaki ◽

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Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Young Women ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Japanese Women ◽

Quality Score ◽

Continuous Variables ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Middle Aged ◽

Cross Sectional

AbstractOnly a few studies have focused on the association between overall diet, rather than intakes of individual nutrients or foods, and depressive symptoms in Japanese. This cross-sectional study examined associations between a diet quality score and depressive symptoms in 3963 young (age 18 years) and 3833 middle-aged (mean age 47·9 (sd 4·2) years) Japanese women. Dietary information was collected using a diet history questionnaire. A previously developed diet quality score was computed mainly based on the Japanese Food Guide Spinning Top. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 22·0 % for young women and 16·8 % for middle-aged women, assessed as a Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) score ≥23 and ≥19, respectively. As expected, the diet quality score was associated positively with intakes of ‘grain dishes’, ‘vegetable dishes’, ‘fish and meat dishes’, ‘milk’ and ‘fruits’ and inversely with intakes of energy from ‘snacks, confection and beverages’ and Na from seasonings. After adjustment for potential confounders, OR for depressive symptoms in the highest v. lowest quintiles of the diet quality score was 0·65 (95 % CI 0·50, 0·84) in young women (Pfor trend=0·0005). In middle-aged women, the corresponding value was 0·59 (95 % CI 0·45, 0·78) (Pfor trend<0·0001). Analyses where the diet quality and CES-D scores were treated as continuous variables also showed inverse associations. In conclusion, this cross-sectional study showed that a higher diet quality score was associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms in young and middle-aged Japanese women. Prospective studies are needed to confirm a public health relevance of this finding.

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