| A brief assessment of eating habits and weight gain in a Mediterranean cohort. | |
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PMID: 21138604 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Assessment of eating habits (EH) through closed questions could be an alternative tool to assess diet as a predictor of weight change in epidemiological studies. The aim was to assess the association between baseline EH and the risk of weight gain or becoming overweight/obese in a Spanish dynamic prospective cohort (the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra Project) of 10 509 participants. The baseline questionnaire included ten short questions with two possible answers: yes or no. We calculated a baseline EH score, categorised in quartiles, positively weighting answers on more fruit, vegetables, fish and fibre and less meat, sweets and pastries, fat, butter, fatty meats and added sugar in drinks. Reducing the consumption of meat or fat and removing fat from meat were significantly associated with lower weight gain. The partial correlation coefficient between EH score and weight change was - 0·033 (P = 0·001). We observed 1063 cases of incident overweight/obesity among 7217 participants without overweight/obesity at baseline. Trying to eat more fruit, fish or fibre and less meat was inversely significantly associated with incident overweight/obesity. Those participants in the upper quartile of the score were at a 38 % (adjusted OR 0·62; 95 % CI 0·48, 0·81) lower risk of developing overweight/obesity during the follow-up compared with those in the lower quartile. However, the receiver-operating characteristic curves for the model with and without the EH score were materially identical. Despite the apparent significant inverse association, this score had a low predictive value for future weight gain and for incident overweight/obesity in a Mediterranean population, although some EH were independently and positively associated with weight gain. |
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Authors:
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Itziar Zazpe; Maira Bes-Rastrollo; Miguel Ruiz-Canela; Almudena Sánchez-Villegas; Manolo Serrano-Martínez; Miguel Angel Martínez-González |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-12-08 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The British journal of nutrition Volume: 105 ISSN: 1475-2662 ISO Abbreviation: Br. J. Nutr. Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-02-17 Completed Date: 2011-03-29 Revised Date: 2011-09-02 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372547 Medline TA: Br J Nutr Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 765-75 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Irunlarrea 1, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain. izazpe@unav.es |
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Adult Diet* Female Food Habits* Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Obesity / epidemiology, etiology* Questionnaires ROC Curve Risk Factors Spain / epidemiology Weight Gain* |
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