Dietary pattern adherence in association with changes in body composition and adiposity measurements in the UK Biobank study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unhealthy dietary patterns (DP) have been frequently linked to avoidable ill-health, mediated in part through higher body mass index. However it is unclear how these patterns relate to specific components of body composition or fat distribution, and whether this may explain reported gender differences in the relationship between diet and health.

Methods

Data from 101,046 UK Biobank participants with baseline bioimpedance analysis and anthropometric measures and dietary information on two or more occasions were used, of which 21,387 participants had repeated measures at follow up. Multivariable linear regressions estimated the associations between DP adherence (categorised in quintiles Q1-Q5) and body composition measures adjusted for a range of demographic and lif

SUBMITTER: Sweetman AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10659985 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature