| The Diet-Lifestyle Index evaluating the quality of eating and lifestyle behaviours in relation to the prevalence of overweight/obesity in adolescents. | |
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PMID: 19468950 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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We sought to develop an index that incorporated various dietary and lifestyle behaviours that are associated with overweight/obesity status in adolescents. We assigned discrete scores into each component of the proposed index. The Diet-Lifestyle Index ranged from 11 to 57. We examined the accuracy of the index in relation to adolescents' body mass status using a sample of 2,008 students. The mean score of the index was 30.9+/-5.2 for boys and 31.4+/-4.7 for girls. The index was inversely associated with the odds of being obese/overweight (odds ratio = 0.93, 95% confidence interval=0.90-0.96), after adjusting for age and gender. Particularly, an 11/57-unit increase of the index was associated with a 6% and 9% decrease in the odds of being overweight/obesity in boys and girls, respectively (P<0.001). Thus, the proposed Diet-Lifestyle Index could be a useful tool in a primary healthcare setting for preventing obesity in adolescence. |
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Rena I Kosti; Demosthenes B Panagiotakos; Anargiros Mariolis; Antonis Zampelas; Panagiotis Athanasopoulos; Yiannis Tountas |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-05-25 |
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Title: International journal of food sciences and nutrition Volume: 60 Suppl 3 ISSN: 1465-3478 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Food Sci Nutr Publication Date: 2009 |
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Created Date: 2009-07-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9432922 Medline TA: Int J Food Sci Nutr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 34-47 Citation Subset: IM |
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Unit of Human Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece. renakst@yahoo.gr |
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