Diet quality and well-being in children and adolescents: the UP&DOWN longitudinal study

The present study examined the association between high-quality diet (using the Mediterranean diet (MD) as an example) and well-being cross-sectionally and prospectively in Spanish children and adolescents. Participants included 533 children and 987 adolescents at baseline and 527 children and 798 a...

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Published in:British journal of nutrition 2019-01, Vol.121 (2), p.221-231
Main Authors: Esteban-Gonzalo, Laura, Turner, Anne I., Torres, Susan J., Esteban-Cornejo, Irene, Castro-Piñero, José, Delgado-Alfonso, Álvaro, Marcos, Ascensión, Gómez-Martínez, Sonia, Veiga, Óscar L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adhesion
Adolescent
Adolescents
Behaviour, Appetite and Obesity
Child
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child Welfare
Children
Childrens health
Correlation analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet
Diet, Healthy
Diet, Mediterranean
Emotions
Families & family life
Female
Hispanic people
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Microbiota
Nutrition research
Obesity - epidemiology
Overweight - epidemiology
Prospective Studies
Puberty
Quality of Life
Regression analysis
Schools
Spain - epidemiology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Systematic review
Teenagers
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Summary:The present study examined the association between high-quality diet (using the Mediterranean diet (MD) as an example) and well-being cross-sectionally and prospectively in Spanish children and adolescents. Participants included 533 children and 987 adolescents at baseline and 527 children and 798 adolescents at 2-year follow-up, included in the UP&DOWN study (follow-up in schoolchildren and adolescents with and without Down’s syndrome). The present study excluded participants with Down’s syndrome. Adherence to an MD was assessed using the KIDMED index. Well-being was measured using the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and the KIDSCREEN-10 questionnaire. Associations between MD adherence and well-being were assessed using multi-level, mixed-effects linear regression. At baseline, MD adherence was positively related to health-related quality of life in secondary school girls and boys (β=0·41, se 0·10, P
ISSN:0007-1145
1475-2662
DOI:10.1017/S0007114518003070