Dietary factors associated with overweight and body adiposity in Finnish children aged 6―8 years: the PANIC Study

To investigate the associations of dietary factors with overweight, body fat percentage (BF%), waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) among children. Cross-sectional analysis of the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study among 510 children (263 boys, 247 girls) aged 6...

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Published in:International Journal of Obesity 2012-07, Vol.36 (7), p.950-955
Main Authors: ELORANTA, A.-M, LINDI, V, SCHWAB, U, TOMPURI, T, KIISKINEN, S, LAKKA, H.-M, LAITINEN, T, LAKKA, T. A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorptiometry, Photon
Adiposity
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Child
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Diet
Eating behavior
Energy Intake
European Continental Ancestry Group
Exercise
Feeding Behavior
Female
Finland - epidemiology
General aspects
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Meals
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Miscellaneous
Obesity
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity - prevention & control
Obesity - psychology
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Prevention
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Risk factors
Waist Circumference
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Summary:To investigate the associations of dietary factors with overweight, body fat percentage (BF%), waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) among children. Cross-sectional analysis of the Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children (PANIC) Study among 510 children (263 boys, 247 girls) aged 6-8 years from Kuopio, Finland. The children's weight, height, WC and HC were measured. Overweight was defined by International Obesity Task Force body mass index cutoffs. The BF% was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, nutrient intakes and meal frequency by 4-day food records and eating behaviour by Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. Daily consumption of all the three main meals was inversely associated with overweight (odds ratio (OR) 0.37, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.18-0.75), BF% (β -0.12, P = 0.012), WC (β -0.16, P = 0.002) and HC (β -0.15, P = 0.002). Enjoyment of food, food responsiveness and emotional overeating were directly associated with overweight (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.04-2.35; OR 4.68, 95% CI 2.90-7.54; OR 2.60, 95% CI 1.52-4.45, respectively), BF% (β 0.13, P = 0.004; β 0.30, P
ISSN:0307-0565
1476-5497
DOI:10.1038/ijo.2012.89