More-To-Less Home Healthful Foods Ratio is Associated With Diet Quality in Preadolescents With Elevated Body Mass Index.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine home food availability (HFA) and the association with diet quality in preadolescents with elevated body mass index.

Methods

A cross-sectional analysis examined HFA and diet quality (using the 2015-Health Eating Index [HEI] derived from 1 or 2 24-hour dietary recalls) among preadolescents (n = 111; aged 8-12 years; body mass index ≥ 75th percentile). A novel ratio of more-to-less healthful items was created to represent HFA. Multivariate linear regression models examined the HFA ratio and individual food and beverage groups as correlates of HEI.

Results

The HFA ratio was associated with higher HEI (β = 5.3 [1.3]; P < 0.001). Home food availability of sweets (β = -2.6 [0.9]; P = 0.003) and sugar-sweetened beverages (β = -2.3 [1.0]; P = 0.02)

SUBMITTER: Tripicchio GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10434829 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature